Bakhtamyan is an Armenian Champion, World Cup silver medalist and three-time Olympian.

Norayr Bakhtamyan was born on November 1, 1970, in Yerevan, Armenian SSR.

In 2004, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Bakhtamyan came in 4th place in the 50 metre free pistol.

In 2011, at the World Cup in Sydney, he was second and received the opportunity to go to the Olympic Games in London.

In February 2012, at the winter the European Championships in the Finnish city Verumayki, he scored 679.6 points and took 6th place.