Andranik Karapetyan ( hy, Անդրանիկ Կարապետյան; born December 15, 1995 in

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), is an

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Biography

Karapetyan won a gold medal at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships snatching 170 kg and clean and jerking 197 kg, setting 367 kg for total. He competed in 2015 World Weightlifting Championships and came 4th in total, but following disqualification of

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n weightlifter Kim Kwang-song Karapetyan received the bronze medal in total (363 kg). Andranik failed to place in the 2016 Summer Olympics when he dislocated his left elbow while performing the clean and jerk.

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* Armenian male weightlifters European champions in weightlifting European champions for Armenia Olympic weightlifters of Armenia Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics 1995 births Living people Universiade medalists in weightlifting Universiade silver medalists for Armenia European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Armenian people 21st-century Armenian people {{Armenia-weightlifting-bio-stub