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Gor Minasyan
Personal information
Born (1994-10-25) October 25, 1994 (age 30)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
WeightTemplate:Unit weight
Sport
Country Armenia
SportWeightlifting
Event+105 kg
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro +105 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Houston +105 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore -+85 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Førde +105 kg

Gor Minasyan (Template:Lang-hy; born 25 October 1994) is an Armenian weightlifter.

Career

He is the current youth world record holder for the snatch in the +94 kg division. Minasyan won a silver medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.[1]

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

He won a silver medal at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships, a bronze medal at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Samvel Khachatryan: Gor Minasyan has won Armenia's first silver medal of Olympic Games since 1996". PanArmenian.Net. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Sanctioned Athletes / Athlete Support Personnel". iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Lasha Talakhadze Wins Gold, Behdad Salimi Bombs Out After World Record Snatch". BarBend.com. 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  4. ^ "MINASYAN Gor". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-17.


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