Hakob Mkrtchyan

Hakob Mkrtchyan (Armenian: Հակոբ Մկրտչյան; born 8 March 1997) is an Armenian male weightlifter, World Champion and European Champion competing in the 77 kg and 85 kg categories until 2018 and 89 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[1]

Hakob Mkrtchyan

Personal information
Nickname(s)	Gomp
Nationality	Armenian
Born	(1997-03-08) 8 March 1997
Weight	88.75 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Country	Armenia
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	–89 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Snatch: 167 kg (2019) Clean & jerk: 208 kg (2019) Total: 375 kg (2019)
Medal record World Championships 2019 Pattaya –89 kg European Championships 2019 Batumi –89 kg Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing –77 kg

Career

He won the 77 kg class at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics,[2] and in doing so became the first Armenian to win a gold medal at the Summer Youth Olympics.[3]

In 2018 he competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships[4][5] winning a silver medal in the clean & jerk.[6]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
World Championships
2014	Almaty, Kazakhstan	77 kg	135	140	140	30	170	175	180	18	320	20
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	89 kg	160	160	168	14	205	213	213		365	7
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	89 kg	163	167	170	4	204	208	—		375
European Championships
2019	Batumi, Georgia	89 kg	160	164	166	4	201	207	—		371

References

1. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 89 kg
2. Olympic.org. "2014 Youth Olympics 77 kg results". Retrieved 20 November 2018.
3. "Nanjing 2014: Hakob Mkrtchyan wins Armenia's first gold". News.am. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
4. IWF.net. "IWF Results". Retrieved 20 November 2018.
5. IWF.net. "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results". Retrieved 20 November 2018.
6. "Seven Medallist in the Men's 89kg". IWF.net. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

External links

• Hakob Mkrtchyan at the International Weightlifting Federation