Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan

For the other Armenian weightlifter with a similar name, see Tigran Vardan Martirosyan.
Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan
Martirosyan in 2011
Personal information
BornJune 9, 1988 (1988-06-09) (age 36)
Leninakan, Armenian SSR (now Gyumri, Armenia)
Medal record
Representing  Armenia
Men's Weightlifting
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2008 Beijing -69 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Antalya -77 kg
Silver medal – second place 2009 Goyang -77 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro -69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Minsk -77 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tbilisi -77 kg
Silver medal – second place 2007 Strasbourg -69 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Førde -77 kg

Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan (Armenian: Տիգրան Գ. Մարտիրոսյան, born June 9, 1988, in Leninakan, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian weightlifter. He was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2009.[1][2] Martirosyan is an Armenian Champion, three-time European Champion, World Champion and was temporarily acknowledged as the youngest Olympic medalist from Armenia before being stripped of the medal for doping violations.[3]

  1. ^ ПОДВЕДЕНЫ ИТОГИ ГОДА (in Russian). www.ra.am. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. ^ НОК и Минспорта Армении наградили лучших спортсменов 2009 года (in Russian). newsarmenia.am. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  3. ^ "MARTIROSYAN Tigran Gevorg". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.