Shirak Poghosjan
Shirak Poghosjan ( Armenian Շիրակ Պողոսյան , at World Athletics Shirak Pogosian ; born September 24, 1969 in Yerevan ) is a former Armenian athlete who specialized in the long jump . With a height of 1.78 m, his competition weight was 71 kg.
At the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Barcelona in 1995 , he jumped 7.34 m in qualification. At the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka , he narrowly missed qualifying for the final with 7.54 m in his third attempt. At the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Paris in 1997 , he only reached 7.21 m in qualification.
He took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney for Armenia . In group B of the qualification he only reached the penultimate place with 7.24 m, for participation in the final 8.00 m would have been necessary.
Personal best
- Long jump: 8.08 m on May 26, 2000 in Tsaghkadzor
- Indoor long jump: 7.92 m on January 27, 1990 in Chișinău
- Triple jump : 16.93 m on April 30, 1994 in Artaschat
Web links
- Shirak Poghosyan in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Schirak Poghosjan at sports-reference.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ All results of the 1995 World Indoor Athletics Championships (English).
- ↑ Qualification results of the Summer Universiade 1995 (English).
- ^ Result of the long jump qualification at the World Indoor Athletics Championships 1997 (English).
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poghosjan, Shirak |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Poghosyan, Shirak (English); Պողոսյան, Շիրակ (Armenian); Pogossian, Shirak (1995 Summer Olympics); Pogosian, Shirak (IAAF) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian long jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yerevan |