Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian was a Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his almost-impenetrable defensive playing style, which emphasized safety above all else. Petrosian is often credited with popularizing chess in Armenia.
Tigran Vardan Martirosyan is an Armenian weightlifter. He is 175 cm tall. Martirosyan was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2009.
A wide array of sports are played in Armenia. Popular sports in Armenia include football, basketball, volleyball, and ice hockey. Further, the country sends athletes to the Olympics in boxing, wrestling, weightlifting, judo, gymnastics, track and field, diving, swimming, and shooting. Armenia's mountainous terrain provides great opportunities for the practice of sports like skiing and rock climbing. Being a landlocked country, water sports can only be practiced on lakes, notably Lake Sevan. Competitively, Armenia has been very successful at chess, weightlifting, and wrestling at the international level. Armenia is also an active member of the international sports community, with full membership in the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), Federation of International Bandy (FIB), International School Sport Federation, International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), among others. It also hosts the Pan-Armenian Games.
Tigran Gharabaghtsyan is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was a member of the Armenia national team, for which he twice appeared after his debut in a friendly match against Panama on 14 January 2007.
The People's Party is a political party in Armenia which was founded in 1995.
Tigran Sureni Sargsyan is an Armenian political figure who was Prime Minister of Armenia from 2008 to 2014. Previously he was Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia from 1998 to 2008. After leaving office as Prime Minister, he served as Ambassador to the United States from 2014 to 2016 and as Chairman of the board of the Eurasian Economic Commission from 2016 to 2020.
Tigran Yesayan is an Armenian football former player and coach. He played striker for the Armenia national football team and for several Armenian Premier League clubs.
Erebuni Sport Club, was an Armenian football club based in the capital Yerevan. Founded as a football school for young players in 2007, the club entered the Armenian football league system in 2016.
Tigran Levoni Petrosian is an Armenian chess player who holds the title of grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 2004. A two-time national champion, he competed in two Chess Olympiads, winning team gold in 2008 and 2012.
Tigran Hamasyan is an Armenian jazz pianist and composer. He plays mostly original compositions, which are strongly influenced by the Armenian folk tradition, often using its scales and modalities. In addition to this folk influence, Hamasyan is influenced by American jazz traditions and to some extent, as on his album Red Hail, by progressive rock. His solo album A Fable is most strongly influenced by Armenian folk music. Even on his most overt jazz compositions and renditions of well-known jazz pieces, his improvisations often contain embellishments based on scales from Middle Eastern/Southwest Asian traditions.
The Chess Federation of Armenia, also known as the Armenian Chess Federation, is the governing chess organization in Armenia and is affiliated to FIDE. The body was founded in 1927. Responsible for organizing individual and club championships for men and women and the various important international tournaments in Armenia, it also forms the Armenian national men's and women's teams. The Federation is a member of the European Chess Union.
The Armenia national football team represents Armenia in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA), the governing body of the sport in the country. It competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe.
Tigran is an Armenian given name. The historical name is Tigranes, primarily kings of Armenia.
Tigran Davtyan is a former Armenian football midfielder. He is the former head coach Armenian Premier League club FC Shirak.
Tigran Gyokchyan is an Armenian basketball coach who currently coaches the Lebanese women's national basketball team and is the head coach for Armenian basketball team BC Dvin.
Tigran Barseghyan is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Fortuna League side Slovan Bratislava and the Armenia national team.
Vahan Bichakhchyan is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ekstraklasa side Pogoń Szczecin and the Armenia national team. He's the son of Vardan Bichakhchyan, Ararat Yerevan's current coach.
Davit Hakobyan is an Armenian footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Armenia national team.
The European Party of Armenia is a pro-European political party in Armenia. It was founded on 6 November 2018 by filmmaker Tigran Khzmalyan.
Tigran Hovhannisyan is a retired Armenian football midfielder.