2024-10-03 17:04:52
On March 9, the report-election conference of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia took place in Yerevan. 111 of 126 members of NAOC were present. At the recommendation of Vahram Arakelyan, the honored figure of physical culture and sports of the RA who presided over the event, the attendees observed a minute’s silence in memory of the departed Olympic champion Vladimir Yengibaryan, the world-famous shooter Zinaida Simonyan, and the honored coach of the USSR, former vice-chairman of the Armenian Sports State Committee, Bakur Hasratyan. This is reported by the press department of the Ukrainian National Olympic Committee.
The agenda included four issues.
Gabriel Ghazaryan, head of the NAOC department, gave a report on the work done in the past four-year period (2009-2012). He presented the competitions of Armenian Olympians in important tournaments (summer, winter, youth games and youth festivals), talked about achievements and also failures.
In Shirak and Lorva marzes, branches of NAOC have been established.
Dozens of specialists from various sports were invited to Armenia and led coaching-professional courses. whose listeners were the relevant specialists working in all regions of the country.
The role of Gagik Tsarukyan, the president of NAOC, is irreplaceable in the cause of success. With his initiative and support, the world junior and youth boxing championships, the European women’s basketball championship qualifying tournament, the third group tournament of the world hockey championship, Olympic medalist wrestlers Levon Julfalakyan, Stepan Sargsyan and other international tournaments were organized and held in Yerevan.
The NOC has expanded ties with international and European Olympic Committees and various international federations and NOCs of many national countries.
Many programs were implemented within the framework of the “Olympic Solidarity” program of the IOC.
In order to improve the activities of the NAOC, Gagik Tsarukyan allocated apartments, cars and financial rewards to people in the sports world from his personal funds in the amount of one billion 234 million 260 thousand drams.
The work done was presented more comprehensively with a video.
Harutyun Melkonyan, the chairman of the auditing committee of the Ukrainian National Olympic Committee, made a report speech.
Olympic champions Albert Azaryan, Levon Julfalakyan, Ogsen Mirzoyan, dean of the Olympic Academy Harutyun Babayan and chess specialist Hovik Khalikyan highly appreciated the work of Gagik Tsarukyan and the structure headed by him. It was noted that G. Armenian athletes won 9 medals at the Olympic Games held under Tsarukyan’s leadership (2008 and 2012).
The attendees also satisfactorily evaluated the work done by the NAOC and unanimously re-elected Gagik Tsarukyan to the post of the NAOC president.
Vahram Arakelyan, Derenik Gabrielyan and Ogsen Mirzoyan were elected vice-presidents. Hrachya Rostomyan was elected as the general secretary of the NAOC.
G. made a speech of thanks. Tsarukyan. He said that the success and overall progress is due to the dedicated work of people in the field. After long failures, the rewards registered on the account of our Olympians are the result of hard work of coaches, employees of all sports organizations, and first of all we should thank them. He specifically emphasized that he will continue his impartial work and, as always, he will demand the same from the coaches and all other officials.