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'''Hamlet Manukyan''' (born 22 August 2007) is an Armenian artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 Junior World Champion on pommel horse and rings as well as the 2025 European Champion on the former.
== Personal life == Manukyan was born in Armenia in 2007. His father had him start gymnastics training when he was five years old.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=52257&type=licence|title=Hamlet Manukyan FIG profile|work=International Gymnastics Federation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sport.mediamax.am/am/news/future-stars/48770|title=Մեծ սպորտի ապագա աստղերը. Համլետ Մանուկյան|language=Armenian|trans-title=The future stars of big sports:Hamlet Manukyan|date=September 20, 2022|work=Mediamax news agency}}</ref>
== Junior gymnastics career == Manukyan competed at the 2022 European Championships where he placed thirteenth in the all-around. During event finals he won silver on both pommel horse and rings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2022/08/24/2022-european-championships-mens-results/|title=2022 European Championships men's results|work=The Gymternet|date=August 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intlgymnast.com/news/hungarys-botond-molnar-wins-junior-all-around-italy-triumphant-among-junior-teams-at-european-championships/|title=Hungary's Botond Molnar wins junior all-around, Italy triumphant among junior teams at European Championships|date=August 19, 2022|work=International Gymnast}}</ref>
In late March, Manukyan competed at the 2023 Junior World Championships alongside Erik Baghdasaryan and Mamikon Khachatryan. As a team they finished fourth, 0.437 points behind third place Italy. Individually Manukyan qualified to the all-around, pommel horse, and rings event finals. During the all-around final Manukyan finished sixth. During apparatus event finals Manukyan won gold on both pommel horse and rings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/fig-gymnastics-junior-world-championships-2023-all-results-scores-and-medals-com|title=FIG Gymnastics Junior World Championships 2023: All results, scores and medals - complete list|date=June 27, 2023|work=International Olympic Committee}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sport.news.am/arm/news/139792/|trans-title=Hamlet Manukyan: I thank our coaches for our victories|date=April 18, 2023|title=Համլետ Մանուկյան․ Շնորհակալ եմ մեր մարզիչներին մեր հաղթանակների համար|language=Armenian}}</ref> Manukyan next competed at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Khachatryan and Robert Gyulumyan; together they won bronze as a team and individually Manukyan finished ninth in the all-around and qualified to the pommel horse and rings event finals. During event finals he finished fourth on pommel horse despite falling off the apparatus and won gold on rings.
Manukyan competed at the 2024 European Championships where he won gold on pommel horse.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2024/04/30/2024-european-championships-junior-mens-results/|title=2024 European Championships Junior Men's Results|work=The Gymternet|date=April 30, 2024}}</ref>
== Senior gymnastics career == === 2025 === Manukyan became age-eligible for senior level competition in 2025. He made his senior debut at the Cottbus World Cup. Despite qualifying to the pommel horse final in first place, during the final he fell off the apparatus and finished eighth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=4403286|title=A Cottbus classic: Davtyan, Zhou, Chusovitina magnificent at 2025 FIG Apparatus World Cup opener|date=February 24, 2025|work=International Gymnastics Federation}}</ref> Manukyan next competed at the World Cups in Osijek, Doha, and Cairo, winning gold on pommel horse at all three.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=4435916|title=Oceans of talent on display at Osijek World Cup|date=April 14, 2025|work=International Gymnastics Federation}}</ref>
At the 2025 European Championships Manukyan won gold on pommel horse, becoming the third Armenian to win the title on the apparatus after Harutyun Merdinyan (2016, 2022) and Artur Davtyan (2021).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://armenpress.am/en/article/1221049|title=2025 European Gymnastics Championships: Hamlet Manukyan wins gold, Khachatryan becomes silver medalist|date=May 30, 2025|work=Armenpress}}</ref> At the 2025 World University Games he once again won gold on pommel horse.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=4523309|title=Japanese gymnasts head the classes at World University Games|date=July 28, 2025|work=International Gymnastics Federation}}</ref> Manukyan ended the year competing at the 2025 World Championships where he finished fourth on pommel horse.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2025/10/26/2025-world-championships-mens-results/|title=2025 World Championships Men's Results|work=The Gymternet|date=October 26, 2025}}</ref>
=== 2026 === Manukyan competed at the 2026 Cottbus World Cup where he finished seventh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=4727685|title=Kawakami, Kalmykova emerge as multiple medallists at Cottbus World Cup|date=February 24, 2026|work=World Gymnastics}}</ref> Manukyan and the rest of the Armenian delegation were scheduled to compete at the Antalya World Cup; however flight disruptions in the Middle East caused them to be unable to travel to Antalya in time for the competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thearmenianreport.com/post/flight-disruptions-in-middle-east-leave-armenia-s-gymnastics-team-unable-to-reach-world-cup-in-turke|title=Flight Disruptions in Middle East Leave Armenia’s Gymnastics Team Unable to Reach World Cup in Turkey|date=March 10, 2026|work=The Armenian Report}}</ref> Manukyan ended the World Cup series winning gold at both Cairo and Osijek.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=477381|title=2026 Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series winners unveiled|date=April 16, 2026|work=World Gymnastics}}</ref>
==Eponymous skills== {| class="wikitable" |- !Apparatus !Name !Description !Difficulty !Added to Code of Points |- | Pommel horse |'''Manukyan''' |Bertoncelj to Davtyan on one pommel |align=center|'''F''' (0.6) | 2025 Paris World Challenge Cup<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=4693116|title=Newly named elements for Manukyan and Patron|date=January 16, 2026|work=World Gymnastics}}</ref> |}
== Competitive history == [[File:European Championships 2022-08-21 Junior Men Apparatus finals Victory ceremony (Norman Seibert) - DSC 1311.jpg|thumb|Manukyan (left) at the 2022 European Championships]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |- |+Competitive history of Hamlet Manukyan at the junior level ! scope="col" align=center|Year ! scope="col" align=center|Event ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|Team|Team event}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|AA|All-around}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|FX|Floor exercise}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|PH|Pommel horse}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|SR|Still rings}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|VT|Vault}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|PB|Parallel bars}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|HB|Horizontal bar}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="1" | '''2021''' | align=left | Ukraine International Cup || {{bronze3}} || 4 || {{silver2}} || {{silver2}} || {{silver2}} || || {{silver2}} || |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | '''2022''' |- bgcolor=#F5F6CE | align=left | European Championships || ''12'' || 13 || || {{silver2}} || {{silver2}} || || || |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | '''2023''' |- style="background:#ccf;" | align=left | Junior World Championships || 4 || 6 || || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || || || |- | align=left | European Youth Olympic Festival || {{bronze3}} || 9 || || 4 || {{gold1}} || || || |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="4" | '''2024''' |- bgcolor=#F5F6CE | align=left | European Championships || 10 || || || {{gold1}} || || || || |- | align=left | Voronin Cup || {{silver2}} || {{bronze3}} || {{bronze3}} || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || || || {{silver2}} |- | align=left | Christmas Cup || || || || {{gold1}} || || || || |}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |- |+Competitive history of Hamlet Manukyan at the senior level ! scope="col" align=center|Year ! scope="col" align=center|Event ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|Team|Team event}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|AA|All-around}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|FX|Floor exercise}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|PH|Pommel horse}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|SR|Still rings}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|VT|Vault}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|PB|Parallel bars}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|HB|Horizontal bar}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="8" | '''2025''' | align=left | Cottbus World Cup || || || || 8 || || || || |- | align=left | Osijek World Cup || || || || {{gold1}} || || || || |- | align=left | Doha World Cup || || || || {{gold1}}|| || || || |- | align=left | Cairo World Cup || || || || {{gold1}}|| || || || |- bgcolor=#F5F6CE | align=left | European Championships || || || || {{gold1}} || || || || |- | align=left | World University Games || || || || {{gold1}} || || || || |- | align=left | Paris World Challenge Cup || || || || {{silver2}} || || || || |- bgcolor=#CCCCFF | align=left | World Championships || {{n/a}} || || || 4 || || || || |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | '''2026''' | align=left | Cottbus World Cup || || || || 7 || || || || |- | align=left | Cairo World Cup || || || || {{gold1}} || || || || |- | align=left | Osijek World Cup || || || || {{gold1}} || || || || |}
==References== <references />
==External links== * {{FIG|bio=81908|name=Hamlet Manukyan}}
{{European Champions Artistic Gymnastics Pommel Horse}} {{NavigationJuniorWorldChampionsArtisticGymnasticsMenPH}} {{NavigationJuniorWorldChampionsArtisticGymnasticsMenSR}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manukyan, Hamlet}} Category:2007 births Category:Living people Category:Armenian male artistic gymnasts Category:21st-century Armenian sportsmen Category:People from Vagharshapat Category:Medalists at the Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Category:Medalists at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Category:Summer World University Games medalists in gymnastics Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Armenia Category:Medalists at the 2025 Summer Universiade