Arsen Melikyan

Armenian weightlifter
Arsen Melikyan
Personal information
Born (1976-05-17) 17 May 1976 (age 48)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Armenia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 77 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Sofia 85 kg

Arsen Melikyan (Armenian: Արսեն Մելիքյան, born 17 May 1976) is an Armenian weightlifter.[1]

Melikyan won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics by snatching 365 kg.[2] He became the first Olympian from the independent Republic of Armenia to win an Olympic bronze medal for weightlifting, a first for the country. Melikyan later won a bronze medal at the 2005 European Weightlifting Championships.

References

  1. ^ "Arsen Melikyan". www.whoislog.info. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Arsen Melikyan, Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century @ Lift Up". www.chidlovski.net. Retrieved 2020-07-27.

External links

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Arsen Melikyan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  • Arsen Melikyan at Lift Up


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