Hamlet Manukyan (born 22 August 2007) is an Armenian artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 Junior World Champion on pommel horse and rings.
Personal life
Manukyan was born in Armenia in 2007. His farther had him start gymnastics training when he was five years old.
Gymnastics career
Junior
2022
Manukyan competed at the 2022 European Championships where he placed thirteenth in the all-around. During event finals he won silver on both pommel horse and rings.
2023
In late March Manukyan competed at the second Junior World Championships alongside Erik Baghdasaryan and Mamikon Khachatryan. As a team they finished fourth, 0.437 points behind third place Italy. Individually Manukyan qualified to the all-around, pommel horse, and rings event finals. During the all-around final Manukyan finished sixth. During apparatus event finals Manukyan won gold on both pommel horse and rings.
Manukyan next competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Khachatryan and Robert Gyulumyan; together they won bronze as a team and individually Manukyan finished ninth in the all-around and qualified to the pommel horse and rings event finals. During event finals he finished fourth on pommel horse despite falling off the apparatus and won gold on rings.