Gor Minasyan (weightlifter)

Gor Minasyan
Personal information
Born (1994-10-25) October 25, 1994
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 144 kg (317 lb)
Sport
Country  Armenia
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) +105 kg
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro +105 kg
World Championships
2015 Houston +105 kg
Youth Olympic Games
2010 Singapore -+85 kg
European Championships
2016 Førde +105 kg

Gor Minasyan (Armenian: Գոռ Մինասյան; born 25 October 1994) is an Armenian weightlifter.

Career

He is the current youth world record holder for the snatch in the +94 kg division. Minasyan won a silver medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.[1]

Minasyan was banned for 2 years in 2013 after testing positive for norandrosterone.[2]

He won a silver medal at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships, a bronze medal at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Samvel Khachatryan: Gor Minasyan has won Armenia's first silver medal of Olympic Games since 1996". PanArmenian.Net. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Sanctioned Athletes / Athlete Support Personnel". iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Lasha Talakhadze Wins Gold, Behdad Salimi Bombs Out After World Record Snatch". BarBend.com. 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  4. ↑ "MINASYAN Gor". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-17.


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