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Shavarsh Karapetyan (Shavarsh Vladimiri Karapetyan) was born on 19 May, 1953 in Vanadzor, Armenia. Discover Shavarsh Karapetyan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?
| Popular As |
Shavarsh Vladimiri Karapetyan |
| Occupation |
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| Age |
71 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
| Born |
19 May, 1953 |
| Birthday |
19 May |
| Birthplace |
Kirovakan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality |
Moscow |
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Shavarsh Karapetyan Height, Weight & Measurements
At 71 years old, Shavarsh Karapetyan height not available right now. We will update Shavarsh Karapetyan's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Shavarsh Karapetyan's Wife?
His wife is Nelly Sahakyan (m. 1980)
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| Parents |
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| Wife |
Nelly Sahakyan (m. 1980) |
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Shavarsh Karapetyan Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Shavarsh Karapetyan worth at the age of 71 years old? Shavarsh Karapetyan’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Moscow. We have estimated
Shavarsh Karapetyan's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2022 |
Pending |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
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."
On February 19, 1985, Shavarsh just happened to be near a burning building that had people trapped inside. He rushed in and started pulling people out without a second thought. Once again, he was badly hurt (severe burns) and spent a long time in the hospital.
Karapetyan's achievement was not immediately recognized. All related photos were kept at the district attorney’s office and were only published two years later. He was awarded the Medal "For the Salvation of the Drowning" and the Order of the Badge of Honor. His name became a household name in the USSR on October 12, 1982, when Komsomolskaya Pravda published the article on his feat, entitled "The Underwater Battle of the Champion". This publication revealed that he was the rescuer; and he received about 60,000 letters.
Karapetyan is a Merited Master of Sports of the USSR and a ten-time World Record-breaker in finswimming. He became well known in the former USSR for his heroic actions of saving peoples' lives. On September 16, 1976 while jogging alongside Yerevan Lake with his brother Kamo, also a finswimmer, Karapetyan had just completed his usual distance of 20 km (12 mi) when he heard the sound of a crash and saw a sinking trolleybus which had gone out of control and fallen from a dam wall.
Shavarsh Vladimiri (Vladimirovich) Karapetyan (Armenian: Շավարշ Կարապետյան ; born May 19, 1953) is a retired Armenian finswimmer, best known for saving the lives of 20 people in a 1976 incident in Yerevan.
Karapetyan was born on May 19, 1953 in Armenia's third largest city of Kirovakan (now called Vanadzor), then part of the Soviet Union. His family moved to Yerevan in 1964, where Shavarsh finished eight years of school and then attended a technical school for auto-mechanics. By the advice of family friends, he started to learn swimming at a young age. He later switched to finswimming. In 1975-1976, Karapetyan served in a Soviet Air Defence Forces base in the Baku military district.
