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