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| Born | 11 June 2003 [1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Armenia | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 102 kg | |||||||||||||||||
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Garik Karapetyan (born 11 June 2003) is an Armenian weightlifter. A European Champion, he competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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| Born | 11 June 2003 [1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Armenia | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 102 kg | |||||||||||||||||
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Garik Karapetyan (born 11 June 2003) is an Armenian weightlifter. A European Champion, he competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
He won silver at the 2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Las Vegas in the 89kg category. [2]
He won gold at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent in the 96kg division. [3] He won gold at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Heraklion, Greece in the 96kg division. [4]
He won his third consecutive junior gold medal at the 2023 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico in the 102kg category. He finished his junior career with three junior world records at this weight. [5]
He won gold at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in the 102kg division in April 2023. His 178kg snatch set a European youth record. [6]
Competing at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh, he snatched a new Junior world record of 183 kilograms whilst competing in the 102kg category. [7]
He won the bronze medal at the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria in the 102kg category. [8] [9]
He placed fourth at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's 102 kg division. [10]
He lives in Gyumri and is coached by his father, Alexan Karapetyan, who was also a weightlifter. He attended Shirak State University. [11]
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