| Artur Akopyan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Artur Akopyan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former countries represented |  Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 28, 1961 Yerevan, Soviet Armenia, USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Los Angeles, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 1976-1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Trudoviye Reservi Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | All Olympia Gymnastics Center (AOGC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Genrikh Vanisyan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artur Akopyan (Armenian: Արթուր Հակոբյան born September 28, 1961) is an Armenian-American gymnastics coach for the USA Gymnastics National Team and a former gymnast on the USSR Olympic Gymnastics Team. He is credited as the first athlete to do a Tsukahara double twist. Akopyan received three scores of 10 at the 1981 World Championships in Moscow. His competitive career included the 1983 World vault title, in addition to three other World individual medals.