BARSEGHYAN Artur

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Fly
2018	Buenos Aires, ARG	8th (23.13)	SF (51.14)	12th (24.44)

World Championships

Year	Location	100Free	100Fly	4x100Free X	4x100Medley X
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (50.26)	H (56.52)	H (3:44.07)	H (4:19.80)

European Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	200Free	50Back	50Fly	4x100Free X
2020	Budapest, HUN	H (23.22)	H (50.63)	H (1:56.01)	H (27.76)	-	H (3:45.17)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	H (23.57)	H (51.54)	-	-	H (24.86)	-

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Free	50Fly	4x50Free X	4x50Medley X
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (22.44)	H (24.55)	H (1:40.73)	H (1:53.39)

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Fly	100Fly	4x100Free X	4x100Medley X
2019	Budapest, HUN	SF (22.82)	7th (50.03)	H (24.65)	H (55.75)	H (3:46.96)	H (4:18.59)
2017	Indianapolis, IN, USA	H (23.67)	H (51.49)	H (25.70)	-	-	-

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Watching anime. (sport.mediamax.am, 13 Jul 2021)

Athlete

Armenian, English

Armine Avetisyan

He took up swimming at age three in Yerevan, Armenia. "In 2008, I took part in my first competition. I won a gold and a bronze and was very impressed. I also remember the small gold and bronze medals. Over time, and with the advice of my coaches, I mastered the freestyle and butterfly. Both are extremely attractive, beautiful and fun." (sport.mediamax.am, 21 Nov 2018; sport.mediamax.am, 13 Jul 2021)

"I have always swum. I was only two years old, when I fell into the pool in our garden. My parents saved me with some difficulty. They then decided I should attend swimming classes. I was age three-and-a-half when my grandparents took me to the David Hambardzumyan Swimming School. I remember being impressed by the large pool, all of the kids training and the loud voices of the coaches. When I got into the pool, it was so big, deep and cold." (sport.mediamax.am, 21 Nov 2018; sport.mediamax.am, 13 Jul 2021)

To win gold at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (sport.mediamax.am, 21 Nov 2018; sport.mediamax.am, 13 Jul 2021)

US swimmer Michael Phelps. (fina.org, 18 Jul 2021)

His grandfather. "His desire and goals keep me swimming. Unfortunately, he is no longer with us. My grandfather is the only person who keeps me on the right track in life, and I never talk about him in the past tense. I think he passed his life on to me, and we both live the same life." (sport.mediamax.am, 13 Jul 2021)

"Swimming is a natural activity, and I feel the water hugging and caressing me. For me, water is like the perfect woman who motivates me, who I spend every day with. Our love is mutual. Sometimes, I would go to training tired and unwilling, but now I am going to my love. It calms me down. I want to always be in the water. It soothes, cleanses and brings me peace." (sport.mediamax.am, 13 Jul 2021)