Judoist Arsen Galstyan. Olympic champion in judo Galstyan Arsen Zhoraevich

Member of the Russian national judo team since 2007.

Family

The athlete's father is a former football coach. Arsen has two brothers - the elder Tigran and the younger Arman, both masters of sports in judo. Arsen Galstyan is not married.

Sports achivments

Galstyan won the 2009 European Championship (his opponent in the final was Georgy Zantaraya) and the 2012 World Cup. At the 2012 Olympics, he defeated Rishod Sobirov (Uzbekistan) in the semifinals, and in the final - with ippon at the 41st second - the Japanese Hiroaki Hiraoka. He won the first medal for the Russian team at the Olympics in London. According to the athlete himself, he flew to London only to win and is already thinking about a new goal - the next Olympics.

A judoka from Krasnodar, Honored Master of Sports of Russia, Olympic champion in London 2012, began to train the country's youth team.

We can say that sport is in your blood, because your father is a professional football player, and your brothers are judokas. Why this particular sport?

I was sent to judo at the age of nine, but at that time I did not have a conscious desire to go in for sports, especially such a serious one. Therefore, twice I quit everything, but they brought me to training again. My father and brothers were very supportive and believed. In my homeland in Armenia, we knew practically nothing about judo. After all, there I lived in the small village of Nerkin Karmiraghbyur in the north-east of the country. And in Adygea, where I moved as a seven-year-old boy with my whole family, I became a pupil of the Maikop judo school of Yakub Koblev. The first mentor and personal trainer was Igor Romanov. And while studying at the institute, I was trained by the silver medalist of the World Championship among veterans Aivar Khashkhanok.

What is it like for a twenty-three-year-old athlete from the village to become an Olympic champion?

I had quiet life, favourite buisness. In 2007, I got into the national team and in the same year became bronze medalist championship of Russia. A year later, he won gold among juniors at the world championship. Then there were many fights and victories, but of course, after the Olympics in London, they began to recognize me, to invite various media for interviews. I was extremely happy, proud and a little confused. After that, I qualified for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but I almost caught up with my teammate in points.

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The toughest fight?

Most of all I remember, of course, the fight with the Japanese Hiroaki Hiraoka. In general, I do not like to divide into simple and complex, because almost all fights are very difficult in their own way. I think that the biggest and unacceptable mistake is to underestimate your opponent. Therefore, entering the tatami is a test in itself, you never know how it will end. There was also such a case: after the duel with the Belgian Kenneth Van Gansbeck, he came up to me and asked if I remember him. But how can you forget how, while sparring at a training camp in Italy, we accidentally bumped our heads with him, and as a result I lost a tooth. (Laughs.)

Tell us about your new role as a coach.

I completed my sports career and now I am constantly traveling all over the country, coaching the Russian youth judo team. Of course, passing on my experience to others is a noble cause, and I am glad of this opportunity not to say goodbye to martial art. In training, I fully participate in the process, go out on the mat, explain the philosophy of martial arts, try to motivate 15-18-year-old boys by my own example. Much rests on the shoulders of a coach. I am a teacher, a psychologist, and even a parent. The very fact that a child is included in the national team is already a responsibility, so we maintain discipline at the highest level.

Is judo developing in Russia?

The International Judo Federation has one hundred and ninety-eight national federations. Russia is one of the leading countries, and after gold in London, a boom began at all. We have good propaganda, and in terms of the number of judo athletes, the sport itself is second only to football. This worthy sport gives a lot of strength and knowledge with which it is easy to move on in life.

And who inspired you?

Childhood idols - fellow countryman Evgeny Nevzorov, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, and the only three-time Olympic champion, who also fought in my category Tadahiro Nomura. But besides them, I singled out for myself a lot of athletes who are distinguished by beautiful wrestling, whom I wanted to be equal to.

How are the local athletes doing?

In Krasnodar, we are trying to open more and more halls. My personal trainer also trains the guys here. But it takes time for the children to grow up and show results. There is one young man in my team from Krasnodar who won the Russian championship and recently won the European Cup. And two more girls, as well as many pupils from the region, because in Tuapse and Armavir, for example, there are very strong judo schools. The main thing is that the guys do not give up and go through this difficult path to professional sports.

Is it true that you know the President?

Yes, and not only because of the official award. We met on the tatami more than once before and after the Olympics, arranged joint sparring. At first it was very exciting, but in the process you feel that a real judoist is with you, and you treat you like an ordinary person. It seems to me that it is also easy for him to be in our society, to train, thus, at least for a while, be distracted from politics.

It is also important to know that: The athlete dedicated his victory at the Olympics to the victims of the flood in Krymsk. In 2012, the President of Russia awarded Arsene the Order of Friendship, and the very next year Kuban athlete ranked among the top five judokas in the world. Regularly participates in friendly matches in football, volleyball and basketball as part of the team of the Kuban Federation of Sports Journalists. Arsen is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Accessible Sport Foundation.

Arsen Zhoraevich Galstyan(arm. Արսեն Ժորայի Գալստյան , February 19 ( 19890219 ) , Nerkin Karmirakhbyur village, Shamshadinsky district, Armenian SSR) - Russian judoka of Armenian origin, Honored Master of Sports of Russia, Olympic champion of London 2012 in the weight category up to 60 kg.

Biography

Arsen Galstyan is a student of the Adyghe judo school, a graduate of the world-famous Maikop judo school, the founder of which is Koblev, Yakub Kamboletovich, recognized best coach Russia of the twentieth century in judo. Galstyan was born in 1989 in the village of Nerkin Karmirakhbyur in the north-east of Armenia. My father was a football player, he played for the Dilijan club "Impulse", in the second half of the 1970s he played as part of the Yerevan "Ararat". At the age of 7 in 1996, Arsen moved with his family to Russia - to the village of Giaginskaya in the Republic of Adygea. He studied at secondary school No. 4 of the village, began to practice judo in the local sports section. Igor Romanov is Arsen's first mentor and now remains his personal trainer. After leaving school, he entered the Institute Physical culture and Judo of the Adyghe State University in Maykop. At the institute, his coach was MSMK Khashkhanok Aivar Kazbekovich (silver medalist of the World Championship among masters).

In 2012 at the Summer Olympics in London, he wins gold medal. Thus, he became the first Olympic champion in the history of Russian judo after 1991, the first Armenian to become an Olympic champion in judo wrestling and one of three judoists of Armenian origin who won Olympic medals in judo (Bernard Chuluyan in 1980 (France), Armen Bagdasarov in 1996 (Uzbekistan) and Arsen Galstyan in 2012 (Russia)). He also became the first Russian master to defeat a Japanese in the final. Member of the Russian national judo team since 2007. On Summer Universiade in Kazan in 2013 reached the final and won a silver medal. In 2016, he fought at the European Championship in Kazan in the weight category up to 66 kg, and won a bronze medal.

Family

The athlete's father is a former football coach. Arsen has two brothers - the elder Tigran and the younger Arman, both masters of sports in judo. Arsen Galstyan is married.

Sports achivments

Galstyan won the 2009 European Championship (his opponent in the final was Georgy Zantaraya) and the 2012 World Cup. At the 2012 Olympics, he defeated Rishod Sobirov (Uzbekistan) in the semifinals, and in the final - with ippon at the 41st second - the Japanese Hiroaki Hiraoka. He won the first medal for the Russian team at the Olympics in London. According to the athlete himself, he flew to London only to win and is already thinking about a new goal - the next Olympics. However, by decision of the Supreme Council of the Russian Judo Federation, Mikhail Pulyaev was sent to the Olympics instead of Galstyan, since Galstyan could not advance to the desired line in the IJF ranking.

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Russian judoka of Armenian origin, Honored Master of Sports of Russia, Olympic Champion of London 2012 in the weight category up to 60 kg.

Biography

Arsen Galstyan is a student of the Adyghe judo school, a graduate of the world-famous Maikop judo school, whose founder is Koblev, Yakub Kamboletovich, recognized as the best judo coach in Russia of the 20th century. Galstyan was born in 1989 in the village of Nerkin Karmirakhbyur in the north-east of Armenia. My father was a football player, he played for the Dilijan club "Impulse", in the second half of the 1970s he played as part of the Yerevan "Ararat". At the age of 7 in 1996, Arsen moved with his family to Russia - to the village of Giaginskaya in the Republic of Adygea. He studied at secondary school No. 4 of the village, began to practice judo in the local sports section. Igor Romanov is Arsen's first mentor and now remains his personal trainer. After leaving school, he entered the Institute of Physical Culture and Judo of the Adyghe State University in Maikop. At the institute, his coach was MSMK Khashkhanok Aivar Kazbekovich (silver medalist of the World Championship among masters).

In 2012, at the Summer Olympics in London, he won a gold medal. Member of the Russian national judo team since 2007.

Family:

The athlete's father is a former football coach. Arsen has two brothers - both masters of sports in judo.

Sports achivments:

Galstyan won the 2009 European Championship (his opponent in the final was Georgy Zantaraya) and the 2012 World Cup. At the 2012 Olympics, he defeated Rishod Sobirov (Uzbekistan) in the semifinals, and in the final - with ippon at the 41st second - the Japanese Hiroaki Hiraoka. He won the first medal for the Russian team at the Olympics in London. According to the athlete himself, he flew to London only for victory and is already thinking about a new goal - the next Olympics