Aleksan Karapetyan (Armenian: Ալէքսան Կարապէտյան, born 17 August 1970[1][2] in Gyumri) is an Armenian weightlifter who later represented Australia.
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| Born | 17 August 1970 Gyumri, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93.49 kg (206 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Armenia Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 94 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
edit| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2003 |  Vancouver, Canada |
94 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2002 |  Warsaw, Poland |
94 kg | 175 | 4 | 207.5 | 5 | 382.5 | 4 | ||||
| 2001 |  Antalya, Turkey |
94 kg | 177.5 | 182.5 |  |
210 | 7 | 392.5 | 5 | |||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2002 |  Manchester, England |
94 kg | Lack of info | Lack of info | 167.5 |  |
Lack of info | Lack of info | 197.5 | |
365 |
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| 2006 | Melbourne, Australia |
94 kg | 155 | 160 | 165 | |
185 | |
350 |
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References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alex Karapetyan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "2003 Weightlifting World Championships - Aleksan Karapetyan". iwf.net. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ "Australian weightlifter banned for doping". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 April 2007. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
Champion Australian weightlifter Aleksan Karapetyan has been suspended for two years after he admitted taking a banned drug
External links
edit- Aleksan Karapetyan at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Aleksan Karapetyan at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Aleksan Karapetyan at Olympedia
- Aleksan Karapetian at Olympics.com
- Aleksan Karapetyn at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Aleksan Karapetyn at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Aleksander Karapetyan at Lift Up
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