Additional Information
Highlights
Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
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Olympic Winter Games |
70 | 15km Free | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 37:58.9 |
World Championships |
55 | 15km Free | 2013 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 38:40.7 |
56 | 15km Classic | 2011 | Oslo, NOR | 42:38.9 |
58 | 15km + 15km Skiathlon | 2013 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 1:19:04.3 |
76 | Sprint Classic | 2013 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 3:57.08 |
91 | Sprint Free | 2011 | Oslo, NOR | 3:29.44 |
Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
Season | SP C | 10km C | 10km F | 15km P | Overall |
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2012/2013 | 1 x 115th | - | 1 x 65th | 1 x 78th | 1 x 73rd |
2011/2012 | 1 x 113th | - | 1 x 90th | 1 x 104th | 1 x DNF |
2010/2011 | 1 x 125th | 1 x 105th | - | - | 1 x DNF |
Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
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Junior World Championships |
8 | 10km Classic | 2012 | Erzurum, TUR | 26:35.4 |
LegendSP-Sprint, C-Classic, F-Freestyle, P-Pursuit, R-Relay, xkm/xkm-Skiathlon events, TSP-Team Sprint, Overall-Overall Standings Stage World Cup, DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for final race, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified
- Occupation: Athlete, Serves in the Army
- Languages Spoken: Armenian, English, Russian
- Sporting Relatives: His mother Alla Mikayelyan [Kapchikaeva] took part in cross-country skiing at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano. His father and coach Artur Mikayelyan is a multiple champion of Armenia in cross-county skiing. (noev-kovcheg.ru, 16 Mar 2013)
- Education: Armenian State Institute of Physical Education, Yerevan, ARM
- Coach: Artur Mikayelyan [father] (ARM) from 2001 (Athlete, 04 Feb 2014)
- Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010
Additional Information
Start of sporting career
He began the sport in 2001. (Athlete, 04 Feb 2014)
Reason for taking up this sport
He followed his parents into the sport. (noev-kovcheg.ru, 16 Mar 2013)
Ambitions
To become Olympic champion. (yerkramas.org, 02 Feb 2014)
Training
He trains six days a week. (yerkramas.org, 02 Feb 2014)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Finishing ninth in the skiathlon at the 2014 U23 World Championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy. (Athlete, 04 Feb 2014)
Most influential person in career
His parents. (Athlete, 04 Feb 2014)
Awards
He was Armenia's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (armenianow.com, 23 Jan 2014)