Aleksander_Karapetyan

Aleksander Karapetyan

Aleksander Karapetyan

Armenian weightlifter (born 1970)

For the Armenian footballer, see Aleksandre Karapetian.

Aleksan Karapetyan (Armenian: Ալէքսան Կարապէտյան, born 17 August 1970[1][2] in Gyumri) is an Armenian weightlifter who later represented Australia.

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Karapetyan won a silver medal at the 1995 World Weightlifting Championships for his home country Armenia. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics representing Armenia, coming in 13th place, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics representing Australia, coming in 10th place.

In 2007 Karapetyan was suspended for two years after he admitted benzylpiperazine doping.[3]

Major results

He competed at world championships, most recently at the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alex Karapetyan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. [2]
    "2003 Weightlifting World Championships - Aleksan Karapetyan". iwf.net. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Australian weightlifter banned for doping". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 April 2007. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015. Champion Australian weightlifter Aleksan Karapetyan has been suspended for two years after he admitted taking a banned drug


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