Armenian Ministry of Sport and Youth has published the list of the "10 Best Athletes of the Year" following the vote through SMS vote and the voting of the media accredited by the Ministry as well as the voting of the coaches of the Armenian Olympic and Non-Olympic sports teams.
The following Armenian athletes made it to the top 10: Arthur Alexanyan (Greco-Roman wrestling), Arthur Tovmasyan (Sports gymnastics), Ferdinand Karapetyan (Judo), Vladimir Harutyunyan / Lev Sargsyan (Synchronous jump), Arsen Ghazaryan (Sambo), Maxim Manukyan (Greco-Roman wrestling)
Simon Martirosyan (Weightlifting), Gor Minasyan (Weightlifting), Grigor Mkhitaryan (Sambo), and Edgar Stepanyan (Cycling)
To note, the extended list of the nominees comprised 21 names. The SMS voting took place on December 7-21, and the media and coaches voted on December 21.