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Sarkis Assadourian (fencer)

Iranian fencer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ7424216 ↗
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Sarkis Assadourian (Persian: سركیس آسادوریان; Armenian: Սարգիս Ասադուրյան; born 22 May 1948) is an Iranian fencer of Armenian descent. He competed in the individual and team épée and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sarkis Assadourian (fencer)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.