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Aleksander Karapetyan

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Aleksan Karapetyan
Personal information
Born (1970-08-17) 17 August 1970 (age 54)
Gyumri, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Weight93.49 kg (206 lb)
Sport
Country Armenia
 Australia
SportWeightlifting
Weight class94 kg
TeamNational team
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Armenia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Guangzhou -91 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Warsaw -91 kg
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester -94 kg
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne -94 kg

Aleksan Karapetyan (Armenian: Ալէքսան Կարապէտյան, born 17 August 1970[1][2] in Gyumri) is an Armenian weightlifter who later represented Australia.

Karapetyan won a silver medal at the 1995 World Weightlifting Championships for his home country Armenia. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics representing Armenia, coming in 13th place, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics representing Australia, coming in 10th place.

In 2007 Karapetyan was suspended for two years after he admitted benzylpiperazine doping.[3]

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2003 Canada Vancouver, Canada 94 kg 170 170 170
2002 Poland Warsaw, Poland 94 kg 175 180 180 4 207.5 212.5 212.5 5 382.5 4
2001 Turkey Antalya, Turkey 94 kg 177.5 182.5 185 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 210 210 210 7 392.5 5
World Championships
2002 England Manchester, England 94 kg Lack of info Lack of info 167.5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lack of info Lack of info 197.5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 365 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2006 Australia Melbourne, Australia 94 kg 155 160 165 1st place, gold medalist(s) 185 190 190 1st place, gold medalist(s) 350 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alex Karapetyan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. ^ "2003 Weightlifting World Championships - Aleksan Karapetyan". iwf.net. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Australian weightlifter banned for doping". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 April 2007. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015. Champion Australian weightlifter Aleksan Karapetyan has been suspended for two years after he admitted taking a banned drug
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