Famous Armenians: Athletes

Some famous Armenians in the field of sports & athletics, in order of appearance:

Youri Djorkaeff - Soccer
James Essian - Baseball
Robert Emmiyan - Long Jump
Alecko Eskandarian - Soccer
Garry Kasparov - Chess
J.C. Agajanian - Motorsports
Armen Nazaryan - Wrestling
Ara Parseghian - Football (Coach)
Ben Agajanian - Football
Frankie Kazarian - Wrestling
Andranik Eskandarian - Soccer
Steve Bedrosian - Baseball
Jerry Tarkanian - Basketball (Coach)
Sargis Sargsian - Tennis
Vanes Martirosyan - Boxing
Alain Boghossian - Soccer
Tigran Petrossian - Chess
Andre Agassi - Tennis
Alain Prost - Motorsports
Karo Parisyan - Martial Arts
Magdalena Maleeva - Tennis
Katerina Maleeva - Tennis
Manuela Maleeva - Tennis
Arthur Abraham - Boxing
Garo Yepremian - Football
Eric Assadourian - Soccer
Yorgo Alexandrou - Bobsledding
Dan Janigian - Bobsledding
Manny Gamburyan - Martial Arts
David Nalbandian - Tennis
Albert Azaryan - Gymnastics
Vic Darchinyan - Boxing
Levon Aronian - Chess
Marie-Gaianeh Mikaelian - Tennis

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[AssyrianAmerican100]

Great video, Armenians have contributed much to the world in the fields of Science, Art and world culture.

There is one athlete in this video, however, who is not Armenian.

Andre Agassi was born to an Assyrian father from Iran and an American mother.

[FamousArmenians]

Andre Agassi himself stated that his father was ARMENIAN. He said that during an interview with Larry King on 9/7/2006. You can read the full transcript on CNN's website. Here is what he said:

KING: The name Agassi is what derivation?

AGASSI: Armenian, so my father was from Armenia and his parents sort of settled in Tehran.

[FamousArmenians]

BTW--Agassi's Armenian father was famous in his own right. He was Emmanuel Aghassian (known as Mike Agassi) and boxed for Iran in the Olympics.

[AssyrianAmerican100]

I stand corrected. Thank you for the information, I had assumed that he was Assyrian, simply because Agassi is a common last name among Iranian Assyrians.

[FamousArmenians]

Thanks for watching and commenting...

[nanioushka]

btw apparently David Nalbandian has said wen he was asked r u Armenian he said no people usually ask me that question because I have an "ian" in my family name (I dunno if he actually said that but anyways thatz wat I read on a site) so no reference! and it was also written about an adoption part! ANYWAYS nothing is for sure! so just wanted to know if anyone else heard about that!

[FamousArmenians]

David Nalbandian's family roots are originally from Armenia. His grandfather moved from Armenia to Argentina, where David's father was born. He has already confirmed being Armenian on his Dad's side (his mother is Argentinian) and he identifies with being Armenian even though he doesnt speak Armenian. It was his Armenian grandfather who built the concrete tennis court in his back yard when David was seven years old.

[systemofasaro]

wow realy cool i am arminian to

[jcb6685]

Chess players are not athletes.

[xchampx]

Ben Agajanian is my great Uncle! :)

[eyecareproject]

So many popular athletes, thank you for sharing this upload with Armenians worldwide. We hope that they become inspired to reach the athletic heights shown in the video. Thanks again for sharing!

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[HyeSoldier1991]

Ur right but is it right to forget about ur historic and ethnic roots and just say fuck it im this or that? my friend wherever u go it doesnt matter Argentina Armenia US China or wherever, u still cannot hide the fact of ur true ethnicity and where ur from and who u are. even if ur easily assimilated into another culture u just cannot forget ur roots. i am an Armenian living in America for almost 17 years(most of my life) but i dont forget the fact im Armenian. wut ur saying is wrong

[vanenian]

VAMOS REY DAVIDDDDDDD!!!!!!!

aguante nalbandiannnnnnnnnnnn

[OopsWeDidItAgain]

this video is very great but you forgot my relative. He is also a star soccer player by the name of Yura Movsisyan. Research him and see the things he has done. Thanks

[PepedeAndujar]

Anelia Ralenkova???(rhythmic gymnastics from Bulgaria)

[elgirl6390]

Otlichno!No gde Legendarni Yuri Vardanyan?!

[boghbojik]

Agassin pashtonapes haytararel er, vor nra Haykakan tsagman masin` lragroghneri andradarnalu depqum, nranc dem kboghoqarker.

Kartsum em, vor azganvan verjavorutyuny, der nerkayacvats shat sportsmenneri azgayin patkanelutyan masin ban chi asum.

[Wakuwaku2]

Your reasoning doesn't make sense. You say that Nalbandian is armenian just because his grandfather is armenian? Both of his parents were born in Argentina, he was born in Argentina. Almost every argentine has a grandfather from a different country, that doesn't change the fact that they are argentines. In sports, and in every other aspect of his life, Nalbandian represents Argentina, not Armenia. To call him an "armenian athlete" is not only wrong, but disrespectful.

[Rabiz0199]

Thank you for this video!! it makes me very very proud to see successful Armenians around the world..