List of Armenian Olympic medalists

The first Armenians to participate in modern Olympics were athletes Mkrtich Mkryan and Vahram Papazyan, who represented the Ottoman Empire in the 1912.

Although athletics never spread into Armenia in antiquity,[4] two Armenian kings may have been champions in the ancient Olympic Games.

[5] According to Agathangelos (further corroborated by Movses Khorenatsi), one of the most prominent ancient Armenian kings, Tiridates III, who is best known for converting Armenia to Christianity in the early 4th century, was an Olympic champion prior to his reign.

[9] Later king Varazdat (Varazdates), also from the Arsacid dynasty, who reigned between 374 and 378,[10] has been widely cited as the last Olympic victor known by name, with a victory in fisticuffs (boxing)[a][12] in 385 AD.

[31] According to Movses Khorenatsi, while a prince living at the court of Roman Emperor Valens in Constantinople, he won the "pugilistic contest" by killing lions.

Soviet gymnast Albert Azaryan (pictured on a 2009 postage stamp) is the most decorated Armenian Olympian of all time with three gold and one silver medal.
A poster at an Armenian public school depicting ancient and modern Armenian Olympic gold medalists