Yervand Mkrtchyan
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| Nationality | Armenian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 June 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track, Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1500 metres, 3000 metres | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Gyumri Athletics Sports School, Shirak Runners Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yervand Mkrtchyan (Armenian: Երվանդ Մկրտչյան; born 11 June 1996, Shirak region, Jradzor) is an Armenian middle and long-distance runner. An eighteen time national champion (2025), he is the Armenian national record holder for the 800, 1000, 1500 metres and 3000 metres.[1] He is also a four time Balkan Athletics Championships winner, having won the 1500 metres three times and the 3000 metres once.[2] Mkrtchyan also competed in the 1500 metres at the 2022, 2023 and 2025 World Athletics Championships as well as in the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[3][4][5] He also competed in the 800m at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where he set a national record. Yervand Mkrtchyan's coach is Grigor Barseghyan
Personal bests
- 800 metres – 1:49.91 (Paris 2024) NR
- 1500 metres – 3:38.12i (Belgrade 2024) NR
- 3000 metres – 7:59.80i (Istanbul 2019) NR
- 5000 metres – 14:23.92 (Chorzów 2023)
- 3000 metres Steeplechase – 8:50.35 (Berlin 2018)
References
- ^ Yervand Mkrtchyan at World Athletics
- ^ "1500 Results". tmedia.ro. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Summary - 1500 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Heats summary
- ^ "Results 1500 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
External links
- Yervand Mkrtchyan at World Athletics
- Yervand Mkrtchyan at Olympics.com
- Yervand Mkrtchyan at Olympedia
