Garik Karapetyan Explained

Garik Karapetyan
Birth Date:2003 6, df=yes[1]
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Country:Armenia
Sport:Weightlifting
Weight Class:102 kg

Garik Karapetyan (born 11June 2003) is an Armenian weightlifter. A European Champion, he competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

Junior career

He won silver at the 2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Las Vegas in the 89kg category.[2]

He won gold at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent in the 96kg division.[3] He won gold at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Heraklion, Greece in the 96kg division.[4]

He won his third consecutive junior gold medal at the 2023 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico in the 102kg category. He finished his junior career with three junior world records at this weight.[5]

Senior career

He won gold at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in the 102kg division in April 2023. His 178kg snatch set a European youth record.[6]

Competing at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh, he snatched a new Junior world record of 183 kilograms whilst competing in the 102kg category.[7]

He won the bronze medal at the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria in the 102kg category.[8] [9]

He placed fourth at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's 102 kg division.[10]

Personal life

He lives in Gyumri and is coached by his father, Alexan Karapetyan, who was also a weightlifter. He attended Shirak State University.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Garik Karapetyan. Olympics.com.
  2. Web site: Armenian weightlifters win bronze and silver medals at World Youth Championship. armenpress.am. 11 August 2024. 13 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Armenian weightlifter Garik Karapetyan crowned world youth champion. armradio. 11 August 2024. 29 May 2021.
  4. Web site: Garik Karapetyan was declared the champion, but the Turkish weightlifter showed unsportsmanlike behavior. radar.am. 11 August 2024. 22 October 2022.
  5. Web site: Armenia's Garik Karapetyan Claims Third Straight Junior World Title. Massispost. 11 August 2024. 23 November 2023 .
  6. Web site: 20-year-old Garik Karapetyan wins a gold medal at the European Weightlifting Championships with a world and European youth record. escs.am. 11 August 2024. 22 April 2023.
  7. Web site: barbend. Garik Karapetyan (102KG) Sets 183KG Snatch Junior World Record at 2023 World Weightlifting Championships. 11 August 2024. 14 September 2023.
  8. Web site: Sofia 2024 Day 8: Tsikhantsou and Koanda with impressive wins. inside the games. 11 August 2024. Rafael. Khalatyan. 20 February 2024.
  9. Web site: Samvel Gasparyan - European vice-champion, Garik Karapetyan - bronze medalist. sport.news.am. 11 August 2024. February 19, 2024.
  10. Web site: Paris 2024. Garik Karapetyan is 4th in the Olympic Games. armradio. 11 August 2024. 10 August 2024.
  11. Web site: Armenian Olympic team: Garik Karapetyan. mediamax. 11 August 2024. 21 July 2024.

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