Margarita Mkrtchyan
Personal information
Full nameMargarita Mkrtchyan
NationalityRussian
Born(1981-04-06)6 April 1981
Voronezh, Russian SFSR,
Soviet Union
Died11 July 2013(2013-07-11) (aged 32)
Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event57 kg
ClubCSKA Moscow
Coached byBoris Zenkin
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Russia
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Samsun 59 kg
Silver medal – second place 2008 Rome 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Lillehammer 55 kg

Margarita Mkrtchyan (Russian: Маргарита Гегамовна Мкртчян; 6 April 1981 – 11 July 2013) was a Russian taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's featherweight category.[1] She claimed three medals (two silvers and one bronze) in the women's 55 and 59-kg classes at the European Championships and also finished seventh in the 57-kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics, representing her nation Russia.[2] Mkrtchyan also trained as a full-fledged member of the taekwondo team for CSKA Moscow under her personal coach and master Boris Zenkin.[3]

Mkrtchyan qualified for the Russian squad in the women's featherweight class (57 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing second behind Spain's Sonia Reyes and granting a berth from the European Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.[2][4][5] She crashed out in an opening round defeat to U.S. taekwondo fighter Nia Abdallah with a score of 9–16, but slipped into the repechage bracket for her chance of an Olympic bronze medal, following Abdallah's progress towards the final match.[3][6] In the repechage, Mkrtchyan subsided her Olympic medal chance by losing the first playoff 2–5 to her Italian opponent and two-time Olympian Cristiana Corsi, relegating the Russian to seventh position.[7][8]

Mkrtchyan died in an automobile accident on 11 July 2013.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Margarita Mkrtchyan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Маргарита МКРТЧЯН: "В тхэквондо меня привели Ван Дамм и Джеки Чан"" [Margarita Mkrtchyan: "I was inspired by Van Damme and Jackie Chan to play taekwondo"] (in Russian). Izvestia. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Тхэквондо. Мкртчян проиграла американке" [Taekwondo: Mkrtchyan lost to the American] (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Athens 2004: Taekwondo – Women's Entry List by NOC" (PDF). Athens 2004. LA84 Foundation. pp. 5–7. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Тренерский перевес" [Coaching advantage] (in Russian). Novoye Vremya. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Abdallah takes silver; African taekwondo athlete knocked out". USA Today. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Taekwondo – Women's Featherweight (57kg/126lbs) Repechage Round 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Тхэквондо. Мкртчян проиграла и в утешительном раунде" [Taekwondo: Mkrtchyan lost in the consolation round] (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Погибла чемпионка Европы и мира по тхэквондо Маргарита Мкртчан" [The champion of Europe and the world in taekwondo Margarita Mkrtchan perished]. www.stavropolye.tv. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2017.


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