- Tigran Vardan Martirosyan
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For the weightlifter competing in the 69 kg category, see Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan.
Medal record Competitor for 
ArmeniaMen’s Weightlifting Olympic Games Bronze 2008 Beijing -85 kg World Championships Bronze 2006 Santo Domingo -85 kg European Championships Gold 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro -85 kg Tigran Vardan Martirosyan (born 3 March 1983[1] in Leninakan) is an Armenian weightlifter. He is 175 cm tall.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics he ranked 7th in the 85 kg category, lifting 367.5 kg in total.[2]
Martirosyan participated in the men's -85 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, finishing behind Andrei Rybakou and Aslambek Ediev.[1] He snatched 172 kg and jerked an additional 198 kg for a total of 370 kg, 13 kg behind winner Rybakou.[3]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the 85 kg category, with a total of 380 kg.[2]
He was the silver medal in the 85 kg category in snatch at the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships.[4]
Achievements
2006 World Weightlifting Championships, -85 kg
2008 European Weightlifting Championships, -85 kg- 2008 Summer Olympics, -85 kg
References
- ^ a b "MARTIROSYAN Tigran V.". International Weightlifting Federation. http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=1246.
- ^ a b "MARTIROSYAN Tigran". International Weightlifting Federation. http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=260.
- ^ "75th MEN'S and 18th WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -85 KG MEN". International Weightlifting Federation. http://www.iwf.net/results/results_results.php?placecod=8. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ "Martirosyan Tigran V.". iat.uni-leipzig.de. http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbgwh/daten.php?spid=F6DB0741D0CB439DAE968C3CCA7FF374. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
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