Shavarsh Karapetyan

Shavarsh Karapetyan
Karapetyan in 2014
Personal information
NationalityArmenian
Born (1953-05-19) 19 May 1953
Kirovakan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Sport
CountrySoviet Union
SportFinswimming

Shavarsh Vladimiri (Vladimirovich) Karapetyan (Armenian: Շավարշ Կարապետյան; born 19 May 1953) is a Soviet-Armenian former finswimmer. He was best known for saving the lives of 20 people in a 1976 incident in Yerevan.