Mkrtich Mkryan

Of Armenian ancestry, Mkrtich Mkryan came from a wealthy family and attended the prestigious Robert College secondary school. While there, he took up track and field athletics and excelled in several disciplines. When the Ottoman National Olympic Society (now the Turkish Olympic Committee) was recognized by the IOC in 1911, it put out a recruitment advertisement in the hopes of taking part in the 1912 Stockholm Games. Mkryan responded to this call and, as he could afford to pay his own way, was one of two athletes (along with fellow Armenian Vahram Papazyan) chosen to represent the Ottoman Empire.

Mkryan was entered into seven events and competed in five of them, a record for Turkish athletes as of 2020. His best result came in the shot put, both hands, event, where he placed seventh, albeit with only seven competitors in the event. In the regular shot put he was 19th, in the pentathlon he was 23rd, and in the discus throw he was 34th. He also started the decathlon, but injured his wrist in the shot put and did not finish the event.

Personal Bests: SP – unknown; DT – unknown; Dec – unknown.