Mgrdich Mgrian (,Հայկական սպորտը Օսմանյան կայսրությունում մինչև Առաջին համաշխարհային պատերազմը, Հայոց ցեղասպանության թանգարան-ինստիտուտ. also spelled Mıgır, Mığır, Migir in Turkish; 12 September 1882 – 1915) was one of two athletes who represented the Ottoman Empire in the Olympic Games which was held in Stockholm in 1912.
Mgrian participated in shot put, discus throw, two handed shot put, pentathlon, and decathlon competitions. Mgrdich Mgrian along with ethnic Armenian Vahram Papazyan were the only two athletes representing Turkey in the country's first official participation of the Olympics. "Armenia's first connection with the modern Olympics can be traced to the 1912 Olympics, when two Armenian track and field athletes represented Turkey. These two athletes, Mgrdich Mgrian and Haret [sic] Papazyan, comprised the entire Turkish team in 1912, but they had, in fact, been sent to Stockholm by the Armenian General Sports Union."
Life Mgrdich Mgrian attended the prestigious Robert College in Constantinople. One of his classmates was Vahram Papazyan, another ethnic Armenian Olympian who would participate with him at the 1912 Olympics.
When Ottoman Empire was admitted to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1911, the president of the Ottoman Empire's Olympic committee Selim Sırrı Tarcan placed advertisements in the local Ikdam and Sabah newspapers in order to recruit athletes for the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. Mgrian 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, Mgrian 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, Mgrian holds the record of most sporting events participated by a Turkish athlete in Olympic history.
Olympics During the Olympics, Mgrian managed to play all five sports. While competing against Jim Thorpe during the Decathlon, however, Mgrian suffered a wrist injury and was forced to discontinue.
Results EventsHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankShot put N/A 10.63 19 did not advanceDiscus throw N/A 32.98 34 did not advance2 hand shot put N/A 19.78 7 did not advancePentathlon N/A Elim-3 67 23Decathlon N/A 1527.750 29
See also Turkey at the Olympics National Olympic Committee of Turkey
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