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Migir Migiryan

Migir Migiryan discus throwing at Robert College.
Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Sport
Sport	shot put, discus throw, two handed shot put, pentathlon, decathlon.
Event	1912 Summer Olympics
Updated on 4 February 2013

Migir Migiryan or Mıgır Mıgıryan or Mığır Mığıryan (Template:Lang-tr) was one of two athletes that represented Turkey's first appearance in the Olympic Games which was held in Stockholm in 1912. Migiryan participated in shot put, discus throw, two handed shot put, pentathlon, and decathlon competitions. Mgirdiç Migiryan along with ethnic Armenian Vahram Papazyan were the only two athletes representing Turkey in the country's first official participation of the Olympics.

Life

Mgirdiç Migiryan attended the prestigious Robert College in Constantinople. One of his classmates was Vahram Papazyan, another ethnic Armenian Olympian who would participate alongside with him at the 1912 Olympics.

When Turkey was admitted to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1911, president of Turkey's Olympic committee Selim Sırrı Tarcan placed advertisements in the local Ikdam and Sabah newspapers in order to recruit athletes for the 2012 Olympic Games in Stockholm. Migiryan responded to the advertisement and expressed his desires to participate in the games.

Unlike his counterpart Vahram Papazyan, who did not have the required finances to pay for the trip, Mgirdiç Migiryan came from a wealthy family who managed to cover all the necessary expenses needed for the trip to the Stockholm Olympics.

Having participated in five different sporting events, Mgirdiç Migiryan holds the record of most sporting events participated by a Turkish athlete in Olympic history.

Olympics

During the Olympics, Migiryan managed to play all five sports. However, while competing against famed athlete Jim Thorpe during the Decathlon, Migiryan suffered a wrist injury and was forced to discontinue.

Results

References

1. "Vahram Papazyan". Türk ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). 25. Milli Eǧitim Basımevi: 417. 1946. Retrieved 4 February 2013. Bunlardan Vahram Papazyan, Stokholm sefirimizin eşi tarafından kırmızı atlet fanilesinin üzerine dikilen beyaz Ay - yıldız altında yarışan ilk atletimiz oldu. Türkiye'nin ilk defa bir O. O.'nda devletçe gönderilen resmî bir sporcu kafilesiyle temsili
2. ^ "Olimpiyat Stadyumlarında İlk Türk Bayrakları" (in Turkish). T.C. Genclik ve Spor Bakanligi (Republic of Turkey Youth and Sport Ministry). Retrieved 4 February 2013. Osmanlı Olimpiyat Cemiyeti artık kurulmuştu ve bu iki sporcu bu derneğin verdiği belgelerle resmen bir Olimpiyat Oyunları'na ilk kez katılıyorlardı. Bu sporcularımız Vahram Papazyan ve Mırgırdıç Mıgıryan Efendiler idi.
3. Yalçın, Soner (2008). Siz kimi kandırıyorsunuz! (1. baskı. ed.). Şişli, İstanbul: Doğan Kitap. p. 138. ISBN 9789759917098. Retrieved 4 February 2013. Peki: kendi paralarıyla 1912 Stockholm Olimpiyatlarına giden ve Ay Yıldızlı bayrağımızı uluslararası turnuvada ilk dalgalandıranlar Vahram Papazyan ve Mıgırdiç Mıgıryan adını hiç duydunuz mu? {{cite book}}: More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)
4. Erik Bergvall (ed.). The fifth Olympiad: the official report of the Olympic games of Stockholm, 1912 (PDF). Swedish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 February 2013. {{cite book}}: |first= missing |last= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. Heijmans, Bill Mallon, Jeroen. Historical dictionary of the Olympic movement (4th ed. ed.). Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810875227. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
6. ^ Koptas, Rober (July 26, 2012). "Olimpiyat tarihinin gayrı resmi sayfası". Agos (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 February 2013.
7. ^ Hur, Ayse. "OLÝMPÝYATLARDAKÝ OSMANLILAR". Haber Ruzgari. Retrieved 6 February 2013.

• Armenian athletes
• Turkish athletes
• Olympic athletes of Turkey
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics
• Athletics at the Summer Olympics