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Artur (Arthur) Akopyan (born September 28 1961 in Yerevan Armenia) is a gymnastics coach for the USA Gymnastics National Team and a former gymnast on the USSR Olympic Gymnastics Team. He is credited as the first athlete to do a Tsukahara double twist. Akopyan received three scores of 10 at the 1981 World Championships in Moscow. His competitive career included the 1983 World vault title in addition to three other World individual medals.