Yervand Mkrtchyan (; born 11 June 1996) is an Armenian

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and

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance ru ...

. A six time national champion, he is the Armenian national record holder for the 1500 metres and 3000 metres. He is also a four time

Balkan Athletics Championships The Balkan Athletics Championships or Balkan Games () is a regional Sport of athletics, athletics competition held between nations from the Balkans and organized by Association of the Balkan Athletics Federations. The first games were held in At ...

winner, having won the 1500 metres three times and the 3000 metres once. Mkrtchyan also competed in the 1500 metres at the

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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2023 World Athletics Championships The 2023 World Athletics Championships (), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, were held from 19 to 27 August 2023 at the National Athletics Centre (Budapest), National Athletics Centre, in Budapest, Hungary. The tourna ...

as well as in the

2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships The 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships was the 19th edition of the international indoor track and field competition, organised by the World Athletics. The event was held between 1–3 March at the Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velod ...

Personal bests

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

– 1:49.91 (Paris 2024) *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

– 3:38.12 (Belgrade 2024) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

– 7:59.80 (Istanbul 2019) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

– 14:23.92 (Chorzów 2023)

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* 1996 births Living people Armenian male middle-distance runners Armenian male long-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Armenia Place of birth missing (living people) Balkan Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Armenian sportsmen Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Armenia {{Armenia-athletics-bio-stub