Armenian weightlifters won 13 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals in the U20 and U23 championships.
The youth and young weightlifters of Armenia showed an unprecedented result at the European U20 and U23 Championship held in Rasin, Poland, winning 13 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze medals in the doubles. This is reported by the official website of KGSMS.
Alexandra Grigoryan (55 kg), Anna Amroyan (76 kg), Emma Poghosyan (81 kg), Julieta Avanesyan (+87 kg) were declared the winners of the Armenian youth weightlifting team in the U20 championship. In the boys competition, Zhora Grigoryan (55 kg), Narek Mkrtchyan (81 kg) and Alexander Lazaryan (102 kg) became gold medalists, Rafik Minasyan (61 kg) and Ashot Movsisyan (+109 kg) won silver, and Martin Poghosyan (73 kg) and Valerik Movsisyan (89 kg) - bronze medals.
Liana Gyurjian (87 kg) won gold medals in the under-23 competition, Garnik Cholakyan (61 kg), Gor Sahakyan (73 kg), Suren Grigoryan (89 kg), Garik Karapetyan (109 kg) and Petros Petrosyan (+ 109 kg). Milena Khachatryan (81 kg), Margarita Arakelyan (87 kg) and Mary Tumasyan (+87 kg) became silver medal winners, while Karen Margaryan (81 kg) and Mnatsakan Abrahamyan (89 kg) won bronze medals.
