Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport (Armenian: Հայաստանի ֆիզիկական կուլտուրայի և սպորտի պետական ինստիտուտ) is a higher educational institution institute, located in Yerevan, Armenia. It was founded in 1945 and prepares coached, sport journalists, and specialists in the field of health improving physical culture kinesiology and adaptive physical culture. The graduates are awarded a diploma, which is a state-authorized document asserting the higher education completion for state agencies.
Contents
Faculties/department
Adaptive physical culture
Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Chess
Fencing
Football
Free-style wrestling
Graeco-Roman wrestling
Gymnastics
Handball
Heavy athletics
Judo
Кaratedo
Кinesiology
Salvage operations
Skates and cycle racing
Sports dances
Sports journalism
Sports pedagogical
Swimming
Table tennis
Unarmed self-defence
Volleyball
Notable alumni
Levon Aronian, chess Grandmaster
Karen Asrian, chess Grandmaster and Olympic champion
Aghvan Chatinyan, mountain climber
Aleksandr Kabanov, Russian water polo player and coach
Tom "Tatos" Mooradian, basketball player, journalist, and author
Ashot Nadanian, chess International Master, theoretician and coach
Vazgen Sargsyan, former Prime Minister of Armenia
Gagik Tsarukyan, Armenian businessman, current head of the Armenian Olympic Committee
Arsen Yegiazarian, chess Grandmaster and coach