Artur Davtyan

Artur Vahrami Davtyan (, born August 8, 1992) is an Armenian gymnast. He is the 2020 Olympic bronze medalist, 2024 Olympic silver medalist and the 2022 World Champion in vault. He is also the 2019 European Games vault champion and is an eight-time European Championships medalist.

Early life Artur Davtyan was born on August 8, 1992, in Yerevan, Armenia. He started doing gymnastics at the age of 7 in 1998. Since 2008, he has been a member of the Armenian national gymnastics team. He is the brother of fellow national team member Vahagn Davtyan.

Gymnastics career As a junior At the 2009 Youth Olympic Festival in Tampere, Finland, Davtyan, along with fellow Armenians Vahan Vardanyan and Arthur Tovmasyan, placed sixth in the team event among 23 teams. Individually, Davtyan placed sixth in the all-around, seventh on vault, sixth on parallel bars, and ninth on rings.

The following year at the 2010 Junior European Championships, Davtyan won the title on vault with a score of 15.462 and won bronze on pommel horse. Additionally, he placed seventh on rings and nineteenth in the all-around.

As a senior 2011–2012 Davtyan became age-eligible for senior-level competition in 2011. He made his senior debut at the 2011 European Championships where he placed twentieth in the all-around. He competed at the 2011 World Championships where he placed ninety-fifth in the qualification round and did not advance to any finals.

In January 2012, Davtyan took part in the Olympic Test Event where he earned his berth to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He next competed at the Doha World Challenge Cup where he placed second on vault and fourth on pommel horse. Davtyan was awarded the Aspire Academy Award for best young gymnasts of the Doha World Cup. He shared the award with Diana Bulimar. He competed at the 2012 European Championships where he placed eleventh on vault but did not qualify for the event final. At the 2012 Olympic Games Davtyan finished fifteenth on vault and thirty-sixth in the all-around during the qualification round; he did not advance to any event final.

2013–2016 Davtyan won bronze on vault at the 2013 European Championships, his first senior-level European Championship medal. At the 2014 Doha World Challenge Cup, he won gold on vault, earning his first international title at the senior level. At the 2014 World Championships, he placed forty-fourth in the all-around during the qualification round.

At the 2015 Doha World Challenge Cup Davtyan won three medals: gold on vault, silver on rings, and bronze on pommel horse. He followed that up at the 2015 European Championships where he placed fourth on both vault and pommel horse. At the 2015 World Championships, Davtyan placed thirty-second in the all-around during the qualification round.

In early 2016 Davtyan competed at the Olympic Test Event where he earned his second Olympic berth. He followed that up at the 2016 European Championships where he won silver on vault, his second European Championships medal. At the 2019 World Championships he finished thirty-seventh in the all-around during the qualification round, which earned him an individual berth to the 2020 Summer Olympics, marking his third Olympic appearance. The Olympic Games, however, were postponed until 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

At the 2021 European Championships, Davtyan won gold on pommel horse. At the 2021 Cairo World Cup, Davtyan performed a new pommel horse element, which was officially named after him in the Code of Points.

At the postponed 2020 Olympic Games, Davtyan won bronze on vault, earning both his first individual Olympic medal and the first Olympic medal for Armenia in artistic gymnastics. Davtyan's medal was also the first for Armenia at the 2020 Olympics.

2022–2024 At the 2022 World Cups in Cottbus, Doha, and Cairo, Davtyan won gold on vault at each. At the 2022 European Championships, he won silver on vault behind Jake Jarman. He ended the year at the 2022 World Championships, where he won his first World title on vault and the first World title in artistic gymnastics for an independent Armenia.

Throughout 2023, Davtyan once again won gold on vault at the World Cups in Cottbus, Doha, and Cairo. Additionally, he won gold on vault at the World Challenge Cups in Varna and Osijek and at the 2023 European Championships. At the 2023 World Championships, he qualified to the vault final in third place; however, during the final he messed up on his first vault and ultimately finished in sixth. Additionally, he finished in sixteenth in the all-around during the qualification round, which earned him an Olympic berth to his fourth Olympic Games; he withdrew from the final in order to focus on the apparatus finals.

Davtyan started 2024 competing at the World Cups in Cairo and Cottbus, where he won gold on vault. At the 2024 European Championships, he won silver on vault behind Jarman. At the 2024 Olympic Games, Davtyan won silver on vault behind Carlos Yulo of the Philippines, earning his second Olympic medal and the first medal for Armenia at the 2024 Olympics.

2025–present

Davtyan began 2025 competing at numerous World Cups, winning four gold medals and one bronze medal on vault. He won gold on vault at the 2025 European Championships, beating Jarman and Nazar Chepurnyi. At the 2025 World Championships, he won silver on vault, once again behind Yulo.

Davtyan competed at the 2026 World Cups in Cottbus, Cairo, and Osijek; he won gold on vault in Cairo and silver in Osijek. At the 2026 European Championships, Davtyan qualified to the vault final in first place. During the final, he experienced back pain after his first vault which led to him balking his second vault and ending the competition in eighth place.

Eponymous skills ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficultyAdded to Code of Points Pommel horseDavtyanReverse Stockli with 270 degree turn (Bezugo technique) from side support on two pommels to one pommelC (0.3) 2022 Cairo World Cup

Competitive history

+Competitive history of Artur DavtyanYearEvent 2009 European Youth Olympic Festival 6 6 5 8 6 2010 Junior European Championships 19 7 2011 European Championships 20 World Championships 95 2012 Olympic test event 36 6 Doha Challenge Cup Olympic Games 36 2013 Doha Challenge Cup European Championships 8 2014 Doha Challenge Cup European Championships 35 World Championships 44 2015 Doha Challenge Cup European Championships 4 4 World Championships 32 2016 Doha Challenge Cup 4 Olympic test event 13 European Championships Olympic Games 2017 Doha World Cup 4 8 European Championships 6 5 Summer Universiade 5 4 7 Paris Challenge Cup 8 6 World Championships 13 2018 European Championships World Championships 32 9 7 2019 Doha World Cup European Championships 8 European Games 5 6 World Championships 37 2021 European Championships 6 Olympic Games 2022 Cottbus World Cup Doha World Cup Cairo World Cup 7 6 European Championships 6 World Championships 2023 Cottbus World Cup Doha World Cup Cairo World Cup 7 European Championships 4 Varna Challenge Cup 6 5 Osijek Challenge Cup 8 World Championships 6 2024 Cairo World Cup Cottbus World Cup European Championships Olympic Games Voronin Cup 2025 Cottbus World Cup Antalya World Cup Osijek World Cup Doha World Cup Cairo World Cup European Championships World Championships Arthur Gander Memorial 4 2026 Cottbus World Cup 5 Cairo World Cup 4 Osijek World Cup European Championships 8