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
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 211 kg (2017)
  • Clean and jerk: 241 kg (2016)
  • Total: 451 kg (2016)
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
2017 Split+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]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil+105 kg200207210 3236241 241 5451 2nd, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
2015United States Houston, United States+105 kg195201203 2nd, silver medalist(s) 234 240 240 8437 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships
2016Norway Førde, Norway+105 kg195200205 2nd, silver medalist(s) 231 231237 4442 2nd, silver medalist(s)
2017Croatia Split, Croatia+105 kg2002052112nd, silver medalist(s) 235 240 240 5446 2nd, silver medalist(s)
World Junior Championships
2011Malaysia Penang, Malaysia+105 kg1701751781st, gold medalist(s)20020620853844
2012Guatemala Antigua, Guatemala+105 kg1801861902nd, silver medalist(s) 2202272303rd, bronze medalist(s)4173rd, bronze medalist(s)
2013Peru Lima, Peru+105 kg177183 187 --206213220 ----DSQ
Youth Olympic Games
2010Singapore Singapore, Singapore+94 kg155155160119019019523502nd, silver medalist(s)

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. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-08-17.



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