Nazik Avdalyan

Nazeli "Nazik" Avdalyan (Armenian: Նազելի "Նազիկ" Ավդալյան, born October 31, 1986 in Gyumri, Armenia) is an Armenian weightlifter.

Nazik Avdalyan
Personal information
Born (1986-10-31) October 31, 1986
Gyumri, Armenia
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country Armenia
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)Women's 69 kg
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 Goyang-69 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2007 Strasbourg-69 kg
Gold medal – first place2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro-69 kg
Silver medal – second place2009 Bucharest-69 kg
Gold medal – first place2016 Førde-69 kg

Biography

Avdalyan won a gold medal at the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships. Avdalyan is the first ever weightlifter from the independent Republic of Armenia to win a gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships and the first ever woman from Armenia to win a world championship in any sport.[1]

Armenian Sport Journalists Federation conducted an annual survey among 52 Armenian sport journalists who voted Nazik Avdalyan the best Armenian sportswoman of 2009. Avdalyan won by a record 520 points.[2]

On April 26, 2010, Avdalyan got in a car crash on Yerevan-Gyumri motorway and was taken to Gyumri hospital. She had received multiple bone fractures and a spine injury. Advalyan was transferred to Yerevan's Erebuni medical centre for additional examination and underwent lumbar surgery on April 28.[3] After the rehabilitation process, Avdalyan said she will be able to compete in sports again in 2013.[4] After seven years of absence Avdalyan made a huge comeback and won a gold medal at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships.[5]

Personal life

Nazik Avdalyan was married to former weightlifter Erik Karapetyan on June 9, 2012 in Yerevan, Armenia. The couple had been engaged for a long time but the wedding was delayed because of Avdalyan's car accident.[6] In November, Avdalyan gave birth to a boy, Vache՛.[7]

References
  1. "Snatched, Cleaned, Jerked, Crowned!: Nazik Avdalyan becomes independent Armenia's first weight lifting world champ". ArmeniaNow.com. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. "Nazik Avdalyan — best Armenian sportswoman". NEWS.am. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  3. "World weightlifting champion Nazik Avdalyan gets in car crash". PanARMENIAN.Net. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  4. "Nazik Avdalyan will be back to sports in two years". PanARMENIAN.Net. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  5. "Forde-2016, Results". Archived from the original on 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  6. "Weightlifting female World Champion gets married". NEWS.am. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  7. "Նազիկ Ավդալյան."Վաչեն շատ է սիրում մեր զբոսանքները"" [Nazik Avdalyan: Vache՛ enjoys our walks] (in Armenian). Bravo.am. February 19, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2016.


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