Hakob Mkrtchyan ( hy, Հակոբ Մկրտչյան; born 8 March 1997) is an Armenian male weightlifter, World Champion and European Champion competing in the 77 kg and 85 kg categories until 2018 and 89 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

Career

He won the 77 kg class at the

2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...

, and in doing so became the first Armenian to win a gold medal at the

Summer Youth Olympics The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consisten ...

. In 2018 he competed at the

2018 World Weightlifting Championships The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 1 to 10 November 2018. The logo of IWF World Championships 2018 has consisted of abstract illustration of weightlifting athlete designed by Ashgabat based design fi ...

winning a silver medal in the clean & jerk.

Major results

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mkrtchyan, Hakob living people 1997 births Armenian male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics World Weightlifting Championships medalists Youth Olympic gold medalists for Armenia European Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Armenian people