Yurik Vardanyan became the first weightlifter from Armenia to win a gold medal in weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In a dominant performance, Vardanyan became the first ever light-heavyweight (82.5 kg) to lift a total of 400 kg in an official competition, shattering both the Olympic and world records.

Gor Minasyan (Armenian: Գոռ Մինասյան; born 25 October 1994) is an Armenian-Bahraini weightlifter, and two-time Olympic medalist competing in the super-heavyweight category. (+105 kg until 2018 and +109 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories) [ 1 ]

Khurshudyan won a silver medal at the 2006 European Weightlifting Championships. She became the first woman weightlifter from the independent Republic of Armenia to win a medal at the European Weightlifting Championships.

Jul 25, 2024 · Andranik Karapetyan, born on December 15, 1995, in Vagharshapat, Armenia, is an Armenian weightlifter. He won a gold medal at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships and a bronze medal at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships.

Oct 30, 2024 · Hripsime Khurshudyan is an Armenian weightlifter who has won numerous medals in international championships. Her Instagram bio summarizes it best: “2009 world senior medalist, world youth...

Aug 10, 2024 · Gor Minasyan, a weightlifter with roots in Armenia, earned the bronze medal for Bahrain in the super heavyweight category at the Paris Olympics. Competing in the +109 kg division, Minasyan lifted an impressive 245 kg in the clean and jerk.

Dec 15, 2024 · Armenian weightlifter Varazdat Lalayan clinched gold in the super heavyweight category at the World Championships in Bahrain, winning his first world champion’s title. Lalayan, 25, won a...

Yuri (Yurik) Norayrovich Vardanyan (Russian: Юрий (Юрик) Норайрович Варданян; Armenian: Յուրի (Յուրիկ) Վարդանյան, also transliterated Yuri (Yurik) Vardanian, 13 June 1956 – 1 November 2018) was a Soviet Armenian weightlifter.

Aug 10, 2024 · Despite narrowly missing his third attempt in both the snatch and clean and jerk exercises, Lalayan secured a silver medal with a combined total of 467 kg (215 kg in the snatch and 252 kg in the clean and jerk). This adds to his achievements as a European champion and World Cup winner.

4 days ago · Armenian Weightlifting Federation's President Arayik Harutyunyan. After, on the torch relay route, the flame was several times in the hands of renowned weightlifters, including Aleksandra Grigoryan and Emma Poghosyan, both medalists at European and world championships, the Games’ torch was lit by Olympic silver medalist in Paris 2024 ...