Hakob Mkrtchyan

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Hakob Mkrtchyan
Personal information
Nickname(s)Gomp
NationalityArmenian
Born (1997-03-08) 8 March 1997 (age 24)
Weight88.75 kg (196 lb)
Sport
CountryArmenia
SportWeightlifting
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
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pattaya –89 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Batumi –89 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Moscow –96 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing –77 kg

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]

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 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan 77 kg 135 140 140 30 170 175 180 18 320 20
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 89 kg 160 160 168 14 205 213 213 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 365 7
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 89 kg 163 167 170 4 204 208 — 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 375 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships
2019 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia 89 kg 160 164 166 4 201 207 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 371 1st place, gold medalist(s)

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.

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