Aleksander Karapetyan Explained

Aleksan Karapetyan
Birth Date:17 August 1970
Birth Place:Gyumri, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Weight:93.49 kg
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Sport:Weightlifting
Weight Class:94 kg
Team:National team

Aleksan Karapetyan (hy|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

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
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World Championships
Vancouver, Canada170170170
1751801804207.5212.5212.55382.54
177.5182.51852102102107392.55
World Championships
94 kg Lack of infoLack of info167.5Lack of infoLack of info197.5365
155160165185190190350

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Notes and References

  1. Alex Karapetyan . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203095537/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/alex-karapetyan-1.html . dead . 3 December 2016 . 27 October 2012.
  2. Web site: 2003 Weightlifting World Championships - Aleksan Karapetyan . iwf.net . 23 June 2016 . 2 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181002172637/https://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=94 . dead.
  3. Web site: Australian weightlifter banned for doping . . 23 April 2007 . 8 May 2015 . 18 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518195422/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-04-23/australian-weightlifter-banned-for-doping/2530468 . live . Champion Australian weightlifter Aleksan Karapetyan has been suspended for two years after he admitted taking a banned drug.