Gor_Minasyan

Gor Minasyan

Gor Minasyan

Armenian weightlifter (born 1994)

Gor Minasyan (Armenian: Գոռ Մինասյան; born 25 October 1994) is an Armenian-born Bahraini weightlifter, and Olympic silver medalist (2016) competing in the super-heavyweight category (105 kg + until 2018 and 109 kg + starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories).[1]

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Career

He was the youth world record holder for the snatch in the +94 kg division till middle of 2018 when new bodyweight category announced. Minasyan won a silver medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.[2]

Minasyan was banned for 2 years in 2013 after testing positive for norandrosterone.[3]

He was the bronze medalist at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships, and the silver medalist at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships, 2017 European Weightlifting Championships, 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, and the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4][5]

In 2021, he won the bronze medal in the men's +109 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[6][7]

He won the gold medal in the men's +109 kg event at the 2022 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Manama, Bahrain.[8][9]

In May 2023 he successfully defended his Asian title, winning the +109 kg event at the 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Jinju, South Korea, matching his PR total of 464 kg.

Major results

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References

  1. [1]
    PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 109 kg +
  2. [2]
    "Samvel Khachatryan: Gor Minasyan has won Armenia's first silver medal of Olympic Games since 1996". PanArmenian.Net. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
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    "Sanctioned Athletes / Athlete Support Personnel". iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
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    "Lasha Talakhadze Wins Gold, Behdad Salimi Bombs Out After World Record Snatch". BarBend.com. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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    "MINASYAN Gor". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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    Oliver, Brian (17 December 2021). "Stunning sweep of weightlifting world records for Lasha - and another medal for Britain". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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    "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  8. [8]
    Oliver, Brian (16 October 2022). "Record-breaker Minasyan completes golden double for hosts Bahrain at Asian Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  9. [9]
    "2022 Asian Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
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