Davit Hovhannisyan

Davit Hovhannisyan
Medal record
Representing  Armenia
Men's weightlifting
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Tirana-96 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Yerevan-96 kg
Silver medal – second place2024 Sofia-96 kg
Bronze medal – third place2025 Chișinău-96 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Batumi-89 kg

Davit Hovhannisyan (born 14 January 1997), is an Armenian weightlifter, two-time European Champion (2022, 2023), silver medalist at the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships, bronze medalist at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships, and 2016 European Junior Champion.

Career

Davit Hovhannisyan began competing at the international youth level in 2014. The Armenian athlete won the 2016 European Junior Championships in the 77 kg weight category, achieving a total result of 327 kg.[1]

At the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships held in Batumi, Georgia, he won the bronze medal with a total result of 360 kg. He also earned a small bronze medal in the snatch exercise (165 kg).

At the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania, Davit became the continental champion in the 96 kg weight category with a total of 377 kg (snatch: 171 kg, clean and jerk: 206 kg).[2]

At the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Davit repeated his success from the previous year, winning the gold medal with a total of 377 kg (snatch: 172 kg, clean and jerk: 205 kg).

On February 18, 2024, at the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships in Sofia, Davit Hovhannisyan became the silver medalist in the 96 kg category, losing by only 1 kg (169 + 205 = 374) to fellow Armenian weightlifter Hakob Mkrtchyan.[3]

In April 2025, at the European Championships held in Chișinău, he won the bronze medal in the 96 kg weight category with a total result of 376 kg.[4]

Major results

YearTournamentLocationResultWeight classSnatchClean & JerkTotal
2019European ChampionshipsBatumi, Georgia3rd89 kg165 kg195 kg360 kg
2022European ChampionshipsTirana, Albania1st96 kg171 kg206 kg377 kg
2023European ChampionshipsYerevan, Armenia1st96 kg172 kg205 kg377 kg
2024European ChampionshipsSofia, Bulgaria2nd96 kg169 kg205 kg374 kg
2025European ChampionshipsChișinău, Moldova3rd96 kg170 kg206 kg376 kg

References

  1. ↑ "Results By Events Old BW". Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Results by Events". Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Hakob Mkrtchyan is the European Weightlifting Champion, Davit Hovhannisyan is the runner-up - Armsport.am". armsport.am. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  4. ↑ Peyotto.com. "Weightlifter Davit Hovhannisyan is a bronze medalist at the European Championships". www.aravot.am. Retrieved 19 April 2025.