Shavarsh Karapetyan
- January 4, 2024
- Swimmer
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Shavarsh Karapetyan Biography
| Name | Shavarsh Karapetyan |
| Birthday | May 19 |
| Birth Year | 1953 |
| Place Of Birth | Vanadzor |
| Birth Country | Armenia |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
| Siblings | Kamo Karapetyan |
| Spouse | Nelly Sahakyan |
Shavarsh Karapetyan is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on May 19, 1953 in Vanadzor, Armenia. Karapetyan was born the 19th of May 1953 in Armenia’s 3rd largest city, Kirovakan (now known as Vanadzor) that was once in the Soviet Union. His family relocated from Kirovakan to Yerevan in 1964, and there Shavarsh completed his eight years of high school and then went to a technical institute for auto-mechanics. Based on the recommendations of his family members and family members, he began learning swimming as a child. He then changed to finswimming. Between 1975 and 1976, Karapetyan served in a Soviet Air Defence Forces base located in Baku. Baku area of military.
On the 19th of February 1985 Shavarsh found himself in the vicinity of a burning structure with people trapped in the building. He rushed into the building and began the people out, without hesitation. He was severely injured (severe burns) and had to spend a lengthy period at the hospital.
Karapetyan’s accomplishment was not immediately acknowledged. The photographs related to the incident were stored in the office of the district attorney and were released two years after the fact. He was presented with the medal “For the Salvation of the Drowning” as well as the Order of the Badge of Honor. His name became a well-known name throughout the USSR on the 12th of October 1982 the day that Komsomolskaya Pravda published the article about his exploits, titled “The Underwater Battle of the Champion”. The article made it clear that he was the person who saved the day; and received a total of 60 000 letters.
Shavarsh Karapetyan Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Swimmer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Shavarsh Karapetyan is one of the richest Swimmer from Armenia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shavarsh Karapetyan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Shavarsh Vladimiri (Vladimirovich) Karapetyan (Armenian: Shavarsh Karapetyan born May 19th 1953) is a retired Armenian finswimmer who is well-known for helping to save the lives of 20 individuals in a tragedy in 1976 in Yerevan.
Karapetyan is Karapetyan is a Merited master of Sports of the USSR and an ten- time World Record-breaker finswimming. The swimmer became well-known within the old USSR for his heroism in saving the lives of people. On the 16th of September, 1976 when jogging along Yerevan Lake with his brother Kamo who was who was also a finswimmer. Karapetyan had just finished his normal distance of 20 kilometers (12 miles) when he heard the sound of a crash. He also witnessed a trolleybus sinking that was into the air and sunk from the dam’s wall.
Karapetyan took part in the 2014 Winter Olympics torch relay for the second stage of the run. He was passed the torch in Moscow and carried it towards Krasnogorsk. The next day, Karapetyan carried the torch for a second time. He also stated in an interview, “I was carrying the torch for Russia and for Armenia.”
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Who is Shavarsh Karapetyan Dating?
According to our records, Shavarsh Karapetyan married to Nelly Sahakyan. As of December 1, 2023, Shavarsh Karapetyan’s is not dating anyone.
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Shavarsh Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Armenia. Shavarsh Karapetyan celebrates birthday on May 19 of every year.