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Gor Minasyan
Gor Minasyan at Rio 2016
Personal information
NationalityArmenian
Born (1994-10-25) 25 October 1994 (age 29)
Gyumri, Armenia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight150.80 kg (332 lb)
Sport
CountryArmenia
SportWeightlifting
Event+109 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 211 kg (2017)
  • Clean and jerk: 245 kg (2018)
  • Total: 451 kg (2016)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro +105 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Ashgabat +109 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pattaya +109 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Houston +105 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Førde +105 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Split +105 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore -+85 kg

Gor Minasyan (Armenian: Գոռ Մինասյան; born 25 October 1994) is an Armenian weightlifter, and Olympic silver medalist (2016) competing in the super-heavyweight category (105 kg + until 2018 and 109 kg + starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories).[1]

Career

He was the youth world record holder for the snatch in the +94 kg division till middle of 2018 when new bodyweight category announced. Minasyan won a silver medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.[2]

Minasyan was banned for 2 years in 2013 after testing positive for norandrosterone.[3]

He was the bronze medalist at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships, and the silver medalist at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships, 2017 European Weightlifting Championships, 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, and the 2016 Summer Olympics[4][5].

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil +105 kg 200 207 210 3 236 241 241 5 451 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
2015 United States Houston, United States +105 kg 195 201 203 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 234 240 240 8 437 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan +109 kg 200 205 211 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 240 245 250 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 450 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand +109 kg 200 207 212 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 237 243 248 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 460 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships
2016 Norway Førde, Norway +105 kg 195 200 205 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 231 231 237 4 442 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017 Croatia Split, Croatia +105 kg 200 205 211 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 235 240 240 5 446 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia +109 kg 200 205 205 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 222 234 – 7 422 5
World Junior Championships
2011 Malaysia Penang, Malaysia +105 kg 170 175 178 1st place, gold medalist(s) 200 206 208 5 384 4
2012 Guatemala Antigua, Guatemala +105 kg 180 186 190 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 220 227 230 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 417 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2013 Peru Lima, Peru +105 kg 177 183 187 -- 206 213 220 -- -- DSQ
Youth Olympic Games
2010 Singapore Singapore, Singapore +94 kg 155 155 160 1 190 190 195 2 350 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 109 kg +
  2. ^ "Samvel Khachatryan: Gor Minasyan has won Armenia's first silver medal of Olympic Games since 1996". PanArmenian.Net. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Sanctioned Athletes / Athlete Support Personnel". iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Lasha Talakhadze Wins Gold, Behdad Salimi Bombs Out After World Record Snatch". BarBend.com. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  5. ^ "MINASYAN Gor". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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