Arsen Melikyan Explained

Arsen Melikyan
Birth Date:17 May 1976
Birth Place:Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
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Arsen Melikyan (Armenian: Արսեն Մելիքյան, born 17 May 1976) is an Armenian weightlifter.[1]

Melikyan won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics by snatching 365 kg.[2] He became the first Olympian from the independent Republic of Armenia to win an Olympic bronze medal for weightlifting, a first for the country. Melikyan later won a bronze medal at the 2005 European Weightlifting Championships.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arsen Melikyan . www.whoislog.info . 27 January 2013.
  2. Web site: Arsen Melikyan, Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century @ Lift Up. 2020-07-27. www.chidlovski.net.