View source for Arthur Hovhannisyan (karateka)

{{short description|Russian karateka}}
{{Infobox martial artist
| name            = Arthur Hovhannisyan
| native_name     = {{small|Արթուր Հովհաննիսյան}}<br />{{small|Артур Оганесян}}
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| other_names     = Highlander
| nationality     = {{flagicon|ARM}} [[Armenians|Armenian]]<br />{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russians|Russian]]
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1975|09|13}}
| birth_place     = [[Gyumri]], [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic|Armenian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
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| weight_class    = [[Heavyweight]]
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| style           = [[Kyokushin kaikan|Kyokushin Karate]]
| rank            = {{color box|black}} ''5th degree black belt in [[Kyokushin kaikan|Kyokushin]]''
| stance          = Orthodox
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| years_active    = 1990–present
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'''Arthur Hovhannisyan''' ({{langx|hy|Արթուր Հովհաննիսյան}}, {{langx|ru|Артур Оганесян}}) is an Armenian-Russian [[Kyokushin]] karateka (5th dan).
Hovhannisyan began competing in [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]] and [[boxing]] at age of eight before beginning [[kyokushin]] at fifteen. He won both the Moscow and the Armenian championships in 1995, the Russian championship in 1996, the British National Open Tournament in 1997, and the European Championship in 2005. He has been vice-president of Kyokushinkai Federation of [[Armenia]] since 1999. In 2005, he moved to the [[International Karate Organization]] (IKO) headquarters in Tokyo.
In 2008, Russian TV channel ''Боец'' ("Fighter", boets.ru) made a film about Hovhannisyan, entitled ''Горец'' ("Highlander", Hovhannisyan's nickname referring to his Armenian heritage).
In 2009, he completed a [[100-man kumite]] under the supervision of [[Shokei Matsui]].
==References==
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*A Gorglyev, ''Dojo'' (Додзё) no. 1 (2004, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120222201716/http://www.kyokushin-kai.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=164&Itemid=71 online version] at kyokushin-kai.ru)
==External links==
*{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.bushido.ru/budo/lichnosti/geroi/art100/ 100 боев Артура Оганесяна] (bushido.ru)
*{{in lang|ru}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20130126114122/http://www.boets.ru/509/?id=332 АРТУР ОГАНЕСЯН. ГОРЕЦ.] (boets.ru)
*{{in lang|ru}} [http://ru.hayazg.info/%D0%9E%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 Оганесян Артур Эдуардович] (hayazg.info)
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[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Armenian male karateka]]
[[Category:Russian male karateka]]
[[Category:Kyokushin kaikan practitioners]]
[[Category:Russian sportspeople of Armenian descent]]
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