Hamlet Manukyan
Hamlet Manukyan is an Armenian artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 Junior World Champion on pommel horse and rings as well as the 2025 European Champion on the former.
Personal life
Manukyan was born in Armenia in 2007. His father had him start gymnastics training when he was five years old.Junior gymnastics career
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.In late March, Manukyan competed at the 2023 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 2023 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.
Manukyan competed at the 2024 European Championships where he won gold on pommel horse.
Senior gymnastics career
2025
Manukyan became age-eligible for senior level competition in 2025. He made his senior debut at the Cottbus World Cup. Despite qualifying to the pommel horse final in first place, during the final he fell off the apparatus and finished eighth. Manukyan next competed at the World Cups in Osijek, Doha, and Cairo, winning gold on pommel horse at all three.At the 2025 European Championships Manukyan won gold on pommel horse, becoming the third Armenian to win the title on the apparatus after Harutyun Merdinyan and Artur Davtyan. At the 2025 World University Games he once again won gold on pommel horse.
Competitive history
| Year | Event | ||||||||
| 2021 | Ukraine International Cup | 4 | |||||||
| 2022 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | European Championships | 12 | 13 | ||||||
| 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | Junior World Championships | 4 | 6 | ||||||
| 2023 | European Youth Olympic Festival | 9 | 4 | ||||||
| 2024 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | European Championships | 10 | |||||||
| 2024 | Voronin Cup | ||||||||
| 2024 | Christmas Cup |
| Year | Event | ||||||||
| 2025 | Cottbus World Cup | 8 | |||||||
| 2025 | Osijek World Cup | ||||||||
| 2025 | Doha World Cup | ||||||||
| 2025 | Cairo World Cup | ||||||||
| 2025 | European Championships | ||||||||
| 2025 | World University Games | ||||||||
| 2025 | Paris World Challenge Cup | ||||||||
| 2025 | World Championships | 4 |