Mıgırdiç Mıgıryan

Mgrdich Mgrian (, also spelled Mıgır, Mığır, Migir in Turkish; 12 September 1882 – 1915) was one of two athletes who represented the Ottoman Empire in the Olympic Games which was held in Stockholm in 1912.

Mgrian participated in shot put, discus throw, two handed shot put, pentathlon, and decathlon competitions. Mgrdich Mgrian along with ethnic Armenian Vahram Papazyan were the only two athletes representing Turkey in the country's first official participation of the Olympics.

Life Mgrdich Mgrian attended the prestigious Robert College in Constantinople. One of his classmates was Vahram Papazyan, another ethnic Armenian Olympian who would participate with him at the 1912 Olympics.

Olympics During the Olympics, Mgrian managed to play all five sports. While competing against Jim Thorpe during the Decathlon, however, Mgrian suffered a wrist injury and was forced to discontinue.

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