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Volumes have been said about Shavarsh Karapetyan’s selfless act of heroism: he has been featured in a myriad of articles, several films and a book. His rescue of 20 people from drowning, which cost the world mästare in finswimming his health and further achievements in a brilliant athletic career, was so impressive that an asteroid was named after him. But Shavarsh himself doesn’t like to remember that day.

In and out through broken glass

 

The exact cause of the accident involving one of Yerevan’s trolleybuses on the chilly morning of September 16, 1976 remains unknown. Some said one of the passengers attacked the driver after a heated verbal exchange, causing him to lose control of the vehicle. Others claimed the driver had a heart attack. As it entered a bridge in central Yerevan, the trolleybus veered off course and rolled downhill into a water reservoir, known as Yerevan Lake. The noise of the crash drew the attention of athletes practicing nearby, 23-year-old finsw

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Shavarsh Karapetyan

1. SHAVARSH KARAPETYAN. The man, whose example I try to follow.

2. 17-TIME WORLD CHAMPION Shavarsh Vladimirovich Karapetyan (born May 19, 1953 in Kirovakan) is a retired Soviet Armenian finswimmer, 11-time World Record holder, 17-time World Champion, 13-time European Champion and 7time USSR Champion.

3. KARAPETYAN’S HEROIC DEEDS Shavarsh Karapetyan is mostly known as a man, who did several heroic deeds, as a result of which he saved lives of many people. His most famous rescue took place on 17th of September, in 1976, when he pulled 20 people out of the trolleybus, which sank in Yerevan Lake.

4. SHAVARSH’S BROTHERS Shavarsh Karapetyan has two brothers: Kamo and Anatoly. They also were finswimmers in their youth. It should be noticed, that Kamo helped Shavarsh in his saving people in 1976. Kamo(on the left), Shavarsh(in the center), Anatoly(on the right)

5. HERO’S FAMILY Now Shavarsh Karapetyan lives in Moscow. He has a wife, two daughters and a