Simon Martirosyan

Armenian weightlifter (born 1997)

Simon Martirosyan
Personal information
NationalityArmenian
Born (1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 (age 27)
Haykashen, Armenia
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight128.0 kg (282 lb)
Sport
CountryArmenia
SportWeightlifting
Event+109 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests–109 kg:
  • Snatch: 199 kg (2019)
  • Clean and jerk: 240 kg (2018)
  • Total: 435 kg (2018, CWR)

+109 kg:

  • Snatch: 200 kg (2023)
  • Clean and jerk: 250 kg (2023)
  • Total: 450 kg (2023)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Armenia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro –105 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo –109 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ashgabat –109 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pattaya –109 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tashkent –109 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Split –105 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Batumi –109 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Sofia +109 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Førde –105 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Yerevan +109 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing +85 kg

Simon Martirosyan (Armenian: Սիմոն Մարտիրոսյան; born 17 February 1997) is an Armenian weightlifter, Olympian,[1] two time World Champion, and two time European Champion competing in the 105 kg category until 2018 and 109 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]

Career

He held the youth world record for the snatch, the clean and jerk and total in the +94 kg division before weight classes were changed in 2018 nullifying earlier records. He is currently the world record holder in the Total for the −109 kg division.

In 2014 Martirosyan competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics winning a gold medal in the +85 kg category.[3]

Olympics

He competed for Armenia in the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the silver medal in the men's 105 kg competition.[4][5]

World Championships

In 2018 the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories nullifying earlier records, and coming into the competition it was suspected to be a close race between Ruslan Nurudinov (gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics), and Yang Zhe (4th place at the 2016 Summer Olympics). After the snatch portion of the competition, Ruslan Nurudinov was out of the running for a total (as he did not complete a lift), and Yang Zhe was leading Martirosyan by 1 kg. In the clean & jerk portion of the competition, Martirosyan was the last lifter to begin lifting, and with his first lift of 230 kg he was in first place. After Nurudinov was unable to complete his next lift of 238 kg, Martirosyan attempted and made a 240 kg clean & jerk, setting new world records in the clean & jerk and total,[6] and winning the gold medal.[7]

He competed at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in the 109 kg category after a convincing win at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships. He competed against silver medalist in the previous championships (Yang Zhe) and 2008 Olympic Champion (Andrei Aramnau). During the snatch competition Zhe, Aramnau and Martirosyan had their third snatch attempts in succession completed a world record lift each time. Zhe completed a 197 kg snatch, Aramnau with a 198 kg snatch and finally Martirosyan with a 199 kg lift.[8] During the clean & jerk portion Martirosyan was the last lifter to make an attempt and with his lift of 230 kg he secured the gold medal in the clean & jerk and total.[9]

In 2021, he won the bronze medal in the men's 109 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[10]

European Championships

In 2016 he competed at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships and won a bronze medal in 105 kg category. The following year he competed at the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships in Split, Croatia in the 105 kg category. He won gold medals in the snatch, clean & jerk and total, outlifting silver medalist Vasil Gospodinov by 17 kg.[11] He returned to the European Weightlifting Championships in 2019 and swept gold medals and finished with a total of 427 kg, 16 kg over Andrei Aramnau.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 105 kg 185 190 195 4 220 227 234 2 417 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2020 Japan Tokyo, Japan 109 kg 190 195 OR 198 1 228 238 238 3 423 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan 105 kg 178 183 183 5 213 220 221 11 396 7
2015 United States Houston, United States 105 kg 180 186 191 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 216 216 216 8 402 5
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 109 kg 190 195 197 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 230 240 WR – 1st place, gold medalist(s) 435 CWR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 109 kg 190 195 199 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 230 241 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) 429 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 109 kg 188 193 196 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 228 237 237 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 416 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2022 Colombia Bogota, Colombia +109 kg 190 190 200 10 235 240 240 8 425 8
2023 Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia +109 kg 195 200 205 6 240 250 255 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 450 5
European Championships
2015 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia 105 kg 180 180 181 4 210 216 221 5 397 4
2016 Norway Førde, Norway 105 kg 182 184 185 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 215 220 225 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 402 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017 Croatia Split, Croatia 105 kg 184 190 190 1st place, gold medalist(s) 220 220 230 1st place, gold medalist(s) 414 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia 109 kg 187 192 197 1st place, gold medalist(s) 225 235 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) 427 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021 Russia Moscow, Russia 109 kg 190 190 190 1st place, gold medalist(s) 227 227 227 -- -- --
2023 Armenia Yerevan, Armenia +109 kg 190 195 200 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 235 245 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 440 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Ruslan Nurudinov wins -105kg weightlifting gold". BBC. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 109 kg
  3. ^ "Simon Martirosyan becomes Youth olympic champion with world record". Armenpress. 23 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Simon Martirosyan Wins Armenia's First Medal at Rio Olympics". Armenian Weekly. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Weightlifting: Proud Uzbek Nurudinov eases to Rio gold". Reuters. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Armenia's Simon Martirosyan Wins Gold at Weightlifting World Championships". MassisPost. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  7. ^ "MARTIROSYAN became World Champion". IWF.net. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  8. ^ "MARTIROSYAN defended his title". IWF.net. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Armenian Weightlifter Simon Martirosyan Repeats as World Champion, Sets New Record". Massis Post. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  10. ^ Oliver, Brian (16 December 2021). "Home fans celebrate as Djuraev adds weightlifting world title to Olympic gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  11. ^ "PDF Results for 2017 European Championships 105 kg" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

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