The Armenia post repeatedly this year represents a postage
block devoted to the Armenian athletes - Winners of the Olympic Games. Website “UkraFil”
reported about the previous postage issue in news of June 23, 2012. On November 30, 2012 the state enterprise of post service "Haypost"
issued a block of 4 values with image of the Olympic champions from Armenia:
Grachya Petikyan, Israil Militosyan, Mnatsakan Eskandarian and Armen Nazaryan.
Artist: David Dovlatyan. Printing: offset. Perforation
- 13 1/4 Size of block - 140 х 52 mm. Size of stamps: 29,75 х 29,75
mm. Edition: 30 000 copies Printed in printing house "Cartor"
France.
Grachya Petikyan on Olympic Games in Barcelona of 1992
represented Armenia as a part of the integrated CIS team. In firing
competitions from a rifle from 50 meters he won a gold medal, having
established the Olympic record. Israil Militosyan supported a national team of the USSR and
the CIS on weightlifting. He was the champion of Olympic Games of Barcelona in
lightweight, the silver prize-winner of the Olympic Games in Seoul 1988. Mnatsakan Eskandarian is fighter of the Greek-Roman style,
the Olympic champion of Barcelona 1992 as a part of the national team of the
CIS. He was the participant of the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 in a line-up of the
Russian Federation. Armen Nazaryan is the Greco-Roman wrestling - the double
Olympic champion of Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000, the bronze prize-winner of
the Olympic Games in Athens 2004. The first and while the only Armenian athlete
who has become the Olympic champion after Armenia has an opportunity to delegate
on Olympic Games separate team under the own flag.