Arsen Melikyan
Armenian weightlifter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arsen Melikyan (Armenian: Արսեն Մելիքյան, born 17 May 1976) is an Armenian weightlifter.[1]
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Born | (1976-05-17) 17 May 1976 (age 48) Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.