Simon Martirosyan

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Simon Martirosyan
Personal information
Born (1997-02-17) February 17, 1997 (age 27)
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
WeightTemplate:Unit weight
Sport
Country Armenia
SportWeightlifting
Event105 kg
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro – 105 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Førde -105 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Split -105 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing +85 kg

Simon Martirosyan (Armenian: Սիմոն Մարտիրոսյան; born (1997-02-17)17 February 1997 in Haykashen) is an Armenian weightlifter.

He is the current youth world record holder for the snatch, the clean and jerk and total in the +94 kg division.

Martirosyan won a gold medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[1] He won a bronze medal in 2016 European Weightlifting Championships. He competed for Armenia in the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the silver medal in the men's 105 kg competition.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Simon Martirosyan becomes Youth olympic champion with world record". Armenpress. 2014-08-23.
  2. ^ "Simon Martirosyan Wins Armenia's First Medal at Rio Olympics". Armenian Weekly. 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-08-16.