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{{short description|Field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|image=Sos Hayrapetyan 1980.jpg
|caption=Hayrapetyan (center) at the 1980 Olympics
|birth_date = {{birth-date and age|12 September 1959}}
|birth_place = Yerevan, [[Armenian SSR]], Soviet Union
|height=176 cm
|weight=76 kg
|sport=[[Field hockey]]
|club=SKA Sverdlovsk (1978–1980)<br>Dynamo Alma-Ata (1981–1987)<br>Hrazdan (1988–1992)<br>[[Uhlenhorster HC]] (1992–2004)
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalCountry|the {{URS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]|[[Hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|Intercontinental Cup}}
{{MedalGold|1981 Kuala Lumpur|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[EuroHockey Nations Championship|European championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|1983 Amsterdam|Team}}
}}

'''Sos Hayrapetyan''' (also '''Airapetian''', {{langx|hy|Սոս Հայրապէտյան}}, born 12 September 1959) is a retired [[field hockey]] defender from Armenia. He won four Soviet Cups (1982, 1983, 1986, 1987), eight Soviet championships (1980–1987), two European Cups (1982, 1983) and one Intercontinental Cup (1981), and medaled at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] and 1983 European Championship. Hayrapetyan was named an [[Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR]] in 1984. His son [[Levon Hayrapetyan|Levon]] is an [[association football]] player.

==Biography==
Hayrapetyan first trained in football and took up field hockey only in 1976. Within a few years, he had grown into one of the leading Soviet players. He started his club career in 1978 with SKA Sverdlovsk.<ref>{{cite web|title=Хоккей на траве XIV открытый чемпионат России-2005|url=http://www.e1.ru/news/print/news_id-230485.html|publisher=e1.ru|accessdate=6 February 2013|language=ru}}</ref> In 1978 and 1979, he placed second at the Soviet championships, and in 1980 won the title. From 1981 to 1987, he played for Dynamo Alma-Ata and from 1988 to 1992 for Hrazdan.<ref name=bio/>

From 1978 to 1991, Hayrapetyan was part of the Soviet national team. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1980, the Intercontinental Cup in 1981, and a silver medal at the 1983 European Championships, losing the final in the penalty shootout.<ref>{{cite web|title=Международные турниры EURO 1983: 5 МИНУТ ДО ЗОЛОТА|url=http://ussr-fieldhockey-euro1983.blogspot.com/|publisher=ussr-fieldhockey-euro1983.blogspot.com|accessdate=6 February 2013|language=ru}}</ref> Soviet Union [[1984 Summer Olympics boycott|boycotted]] the [[1984 Summer Olympics]], and Hayrapetyan competed at the [[Friendship Games]] instead, where the Soviet team came in first place. All team members were awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports for their victory. Hayrapetyan later competed in the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] and [[1992 Summer Olympics]] and finished seventh and tenth, respectively.<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113913/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/sos-hayrapetyan-1.html Sos Hayrapetyan]. sports-reference.com</ref>

In 1992, Hayrapetyan moved to the German city of Hamburg, and from 1992 to 2004 played for [[Uhlenhorster HC]]. In 2004, after winning silver medals at the club championship in Germany, he retired and became a field hockey coach.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:«БХП» (Гамбург, Германия)|url=http://evenings2006.mohockey.ru/teams/men/article_14.html|publisher=evenings2006.mohockey.ru|accessdate=6 February 2013|language=ru}}</ref> He also helped in training his son, the national player of the [[Armenia national football team]] [[Levon Hayrapetyan]].<ref name=bio>[http://sportufo.ru/persony/38-persony-a/489-ajropetjan-coc-derenikovich.html АЙРОПЕТЯН СОС ДЕРЕНИКОВИЧ]. sportufo.ru</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Commons category|Sos Hayrapetyan}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121018160531/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=AYRAPSOS01 databaseOlympics.com]
* [http://ussr-fieldhockey-dinamostars.blogspot.com/ Dynamo Stellar Gallery {{in lang|ru}}]

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[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey]]
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[[Category:Armenian sports coaches]]
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[[Category:Friendship Games medalists in field hockey]]
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