HayPost issued a special stamp dedicated to the theme "Sport. Sergo Hambardzumyan". This item features famous Armenian weightlifter, the three-time USSR champion and world record holder in weightlifting Sergo Hambardzumyan.
In the background of this stamp you can see a sportsman’s photo from the World Weightlifting Championship as well as a fragment of the article about Sergo Hamrbardzumyan published in the newspaper.
Since childhood Sergo differed unprecedented physical strength, but because growing up, he was doing just weightlifting. Just 3 years after he first came to the sports section of “Dinamo”, Ambartsumian became the champion of the country. In total, throughout his life he was the champion of the USSR as much as 30 times. In 1950-ies Sergo Hambardzumyan decided to quit professional sports because of health problems. He died in 1991 at the age of 77.
See also other sport-themed stamps.
