Ruben Aleksanyan

Ruben Aleksanyan (Armenian: Ռուբեն Ալեքսանյան; born 14 March 1990) is an Armenian weightlifter.[1] He won a gold medal at the 2009 U23 European Championships in Władysławowo, Poland,[2] and a silver medal at the 2010 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus.[3] He was still under twenty years of age when he lifted a combined total of 432 kg (195 kg in the snatch and 237 kg in the clean and jerk),[3] which was a European Under-20 record, in losing to Evgeny Chigishev. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's +105 kg.[4]

Ruben Aleksanyan
Ruben Aleksanyan at 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityArmenian
Born (1990-03-14) 14 March 1990
Yerevan, Armenia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight153.85 kg (339 lb)
Sport
CountryArmenia
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)+109 kg

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ruben Aleksanyan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. "Ruben Aleksanyan-European Champion". News.am. 19 November 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  3. "Evgeny Ghigishev y Andrei Aramnov ganan las últimas medallas". adn.es. 11 April 2010. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  4. "ALEKSANYAN Ruben". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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