Ara Khachatryan ( hy, Արա Խաչատրյան, born September 13, 1982) is an
Armenia
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n
weightlifter
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.
Biography
Ara Khachatryan was born on September 13, 1982, in
Leninakan
Gyumri ( hy, Գյումրի, ) is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city w ...
,
Armenian SSR
The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...
(now
Gyumri
Gyumri ( hy, Գյումրի, ) is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city w ...
,
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
), a city well known for its weightlifters. Under personal trainer Alexan Karapetyan and coach Boghos Poghosyan, Ara began weight training from an early age.
Ara joined the Armenian national weightlifting team originally competing at a weight of 77 kg. At the
2006 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held at the Handball Pavilion and Weightlifting Pavilion Dr. José Joaquín Puello in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The event took place from September 30 to October 7, 2006.
Medal summary M ...
in Santo Domingo, Khachatryan scored a total of 357 kg and won a bronze medal. Khachatryan won a silver medal at the
2007 European Weightlifting Championships
The 2007 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Strasbourg, France
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in Strasbourg with a total of 361 kg, coming only behind compatriot
Gevorg Davtyan
Gevorg Davtyan ( hy, Գևորգ Դավթյան, born January 4, 1983, in Leninakan, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian weightlifter. Davtyan received the Master of Sport of Armenia, International Class title in 2001, Best Sportsman of Arme ...
. He repeated the silver medal the next year at the
2008 European Weightlifting Championships
The 2008 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy from 11 to 20 April 2008. It was the 87th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.
Medal overview Men
Women
Medal table
Ranking by Big (Total r ...
in Italy, scoring just 1 kg behind the gold medalist. In the same year, he went to the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in Beijing, where he finished in seventh place. Moving up to the 85 kg category in 2010, Khachatryan lifted a total of 368 kg at the
2010 European Weightlifting Championships
The 2010 European Weightlifting Championships was held in Minsk, Belarus from 2 April to 11 April 2010. It was the 89th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.
Medals tables
Ranking by all medals: "Big" (Total result) and "Sma ...
to win his third European silver medal. Later that year Khachatryan competed at the 2010 World Weightlifting Championships, where, after winning the gold medal in the snatch, he received a serious arm injury and was forced to drop out from the competition. Khachatryan competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, but was unable to set a total.
Personal life
He is married and has a son and a daughter.
Khachatryan's mentor, Ashot Mkhitaryan, suddenly died of a heart attack on May 23, 2010.
References
External links
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Ara Khachatryan at Lift Up
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1982 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Gyumri
Armenian male weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters for Armenia
Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
European Weightlifting Championships medalists
World Weightlifting Championships medalists
21st-century Armenian people