Elmira Korjunovna Antonyan is an Armenian former international

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player who represented the

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. Her sister Narine Antonyan was also a table tennis player.

Table tennis career

She won two World Championship medals at the

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; a

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in the women's doubles with Tatiana Ferdman and a

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in the mixed doubles with

Sarkis Sarchayan Sarkis Asatovich Sarchayan (; 26 November 1947 - 21 January 2021), was a male former international table tennis player from Soviet Union. At his peak, he was ranked 7th in the World Rankings. Career Junior career In his childhood, Sarchayan pl ...

Coaching

She was a coach in Soviet Union, Armenia,

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and

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References

Soviet table tennis players Living people 1955 births Sportspeople from Yerevan World Table Tennis Championships medalists Soviet Armenians Armenian table tennis players {{Europe-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

Coaching

See also

References