Aleksander Karapetyan

Aleksan Karapetyan
Personal information
Born (1970-08-17) 17 August 1970
Weight93.49 kg (206 lb)
Sport
Country Armenia
 Australia
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
94 kg
TeamNational team
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Armenia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1995 Guangzhou-91 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1995 Warsaw-91 kg
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2002 Manchester-94 kg
Gold medal – first place2006 Melbourne-94 kg

Aleksan Karapetyan (Armenian: Ալէքսան Կարապէտյան, born 17 August 1970[1][2] in Gyumri) is an Armenian weightlifter who later represented Australia.

Karapetyan won a silver medal at the 1995 World Weightlifting Championships for his home country Armenia. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics representing Armenia, coming in 13th place, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics representing Australia, coming in 10th place.

In 2007 Karapetyan was suspended for two years after he admitted benzylpiperazine doping.[3]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
123Rank123Rank
World Championships
2003Canada Vancouver, Canada94 kg170170170———————
2002Poland Warsaw, Poland94 kg1751801804207.5212.5212.55382.54
2001Turkey Antalya, Turkey94 kg177.5182.51853rd place, bronze medalist(s)2102102107392.55
Commonwealth Games
2002England Manchester, England94 kgLack of infoLack of info167.51st place, gold medalist(s)Lack of infoLack of info197.51st place, gold medalist(s)3651st place, gold medalist(s)
2006Australia Melbourne, Australia94 kg1551601651st place, gold medalist(s)1851901901st place, gold medalist(s)3501st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alex Karapetyan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "2003 Weightlifting World Championships - Aleksan Karapetyan". iwf.net. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Australian weightlifter banned for doping". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 April 2007. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015. Champion Australian weightlifter Aleksan Karapetyan has been suspended for two years after he admitted taking a banned drug