1. Hopes of Kuban
Arsen Galstyan
Golden Olympic Champion at
the 2012 Summer Olimpics.

2. Biography
Arsen Galstyan was born on
February 19, 1989 in the village in
the north-east of Armenian SSR. His
father was a football player. While
living in Armenia, Galstyan played
the drums in the national ensemble.
When he was seven, his family
moved to Russia and lived in village
of Giaginskaya,Adygea. That's just
not always judo. He studied at the
School № 4 of the village and started
judo at a local sports club. Galstyan
first played volleyball, then
football, before judo. His
brothers, Arman and Tigran, also
compete in judo. Igor Romanov was
the first coach Arsen and is still his
personal trainer.

3. His achievements
• In 2007, he finished third at the Russian
National Championship and, in the same
year, he first represented Russia
internationally. He has been a member of the
Russian national judo team since 2007. In
2009, he became a European Champion, and
in 2010 he won a bronze medal in the World
Championship

4. The most
important victory
He achieved his
dream of winning an
Olympic gold medal
and brought Russia its
first medal of the
Olympic Games.
Galstyan is the first
ever judoka from the
Russian Federation to
win an Olympic gold
medal. He dedicated
his victory to the
victims of the flood in
the Krasnodar region

5. Our champion
After his victory in the Olympic games in London, a lot of
schoolchildren wanted to go in for judo. Nowadays Arsen Galstyan is
an authority for young people in Krasnodar region.