Tigran Martirosyan recognized Armenia's best athlete

A recent survey conducted among 47 Armenian sports journalists has revealed the country's top 10 athletes for 2010, the Armenian sport website Armsport.am reported.

World and European weight-lifting champion Tigran Martisosyan was recognized as Athlete of Year.

The top 10 list includes:
1. Tigran Maritosyan, weighlifting, 462 points
2. Levon Aronyan, chess, 399 points
3. Arsen Julfakyan, wrestling, 311 points
4. Yuri Patrikeev, wrestling, 253 points
5. Hrachik Javakhyan, boxing, 230 points
6. Ashot Danielyan, sambo, 183 points
7. Meline Ghazaryan, weightlifting, 141 points
8. Gevorik Poghosyan, weightlifting, 131 points
9. Roman Amolyan, weightlifting, 116 points
10. Ruben Aleksanyan, weightlifting, 112 points

The Armenian national football team was recognized as Team of Year.