Simon Martirosyan

Simon Martirosyan (Armenian: Սիմոն Մարտիրոսյան; born 17 February 1997) is an Armenian weightlifter, Olympian,[1] two time World Champion, and two time European Champion competing in the 105 kg category until 2018 and 109 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]

Simon Martirosyan
Personal information
NationalityArmenian
Born (1997-02-17) 17 February 1997
Haykashen, Armenia
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight128.0 kg (282 lb)
Sport
CountryArmenia
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)+109 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)–109 kg:
  • Snatch: 199 kg (2019)
  • Clean and jerk: 240 kg (2018)
  • Total: 435 kg (2018, CWR)

+109 kg:

  • Snatch: 200 kg (2023)
  • Clean and jerk: 250 kg (2023)
  • Total: 450 kg (2023)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de Janeiro–105 kg
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo–109 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Ashgabat–109 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Pattaya–109 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Tashkent–109 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016 Førde–105 kg
Gold medal – first place2017 Split–105 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Batumi–109 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Yerevan+109 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2014 Nanjing+85 kg

Career

He held the youth world record for the snatch, the clean and jerk and total in the +94 kg division before weight classes were changed in 2018 nullifying earlier records. He is currently the world record holder in the Total for the −109 kg division.

In 2014 Martirosyan competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics winning a gold medal in the +85 kg category.[3]

Olympics

He competed for Armenia in the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the silver medal in the men's 105 kg competition.[4][5]

World Championships

In 2018 the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories nullifying earlier records, and coming into the competition it was suspected to be a close race between Ruslan Nurudinov (gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics), and Yang Zhe (4th place at the 2016 Summer Olympics). After the snatch portion of the competition, Ruslan Nurudinov was out of the running for a total (as he did not complete a lift), and Yang Zhe was leading Martirosyan by 1 kg. In the clean & jerk portion of the competition, Martirosyan was the last lifter to begin lifting, and with his first lift of 230 kg he was in first place. After Nurudinov was unable to complete his next lift of 238 kg, Martirosyan attempted and made a 240 kg clean & jerk, setting new world records in the clean & jerk and total,[6] and winning the gold medal.[7]

He competed at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in the 109 kg category after a convincing win at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships. He competed against silver medalist in the previous championships (Yang Zhe) and 2008 Olympic Champion (Andrei Aramnau). During the snatch competition Zhe, Aramnau and Martirosyan had their third snatch attempts in succession completed a world record lift each time. Zhe completed a 197 kg snatch, Aramnau with a 198 kg snatch and finally Martirosyan with a 199 kg lift.[8] During the clean & jerk portion Martirosyan was the last lifter to make an attempt and with his lift of 230 kg he secured the gold medal in the clean & jerk and total.[9]

In 2021, he won the bronze medal in the men's 109 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[10]

European Championships

In 2016 he competed at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships and won a bronze medal in 105 kg category. The following year he competed at the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships in Split, Croatia in the 105 kg category. He won gold medals in the snatch, clean & jerk and total, outlifting silver medalist Vasil Gospodinov by 17 kg.[11] He returned to the European Weightlifting Championships in 2019 and swept gold medals and finished with a total of 427 kg, 16 kg over Andrei Aramnau.

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil105 kg185190195422022723424172nd place, silver medalist(s)
2020Japan Tokyo, Japan109 kg190195 OR198122823823834232nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
2014Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan105 kg1781831835213220221113967
2015United States Houston, United States105 kg1801861913rd place, bronze medalist(s)21621621684025
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan109 kg1901951972nd place, silver medalist(s)230240 CWR–1st place, gold medalist(s)435 CWR1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand109 kg190195199 WR1st place, gold medalist(s)230241–1st place, gold medalist(s)4291st place, gold medalist(s)
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan109 kg1881931962nd place, silver medalist(s)2282372373rd place, bronze medalist(s)4163rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2022Colombia Bogota, Colombia+109 kg1901902001023524024084258
2023Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia +109 kg 195 200 205 6 240 250 255 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 450 5
European Championships
2015Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia105 kg180180181421021622153974
2016Norway Førde, Norway105 kg1821841852nd place, silver medalist(s)2152202253rd place, bronze medalist(s)4023rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017Croatia Split, Croatia105 kg1841901901st place, gold medalist(s)2202202301st place, gold medalist(s)4141st place, gold medalist(s)
2019Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia109 kg1871921971st place, gold medalist(s)225235–1st place, gold medalist(s)4271st place, gold medalist(s)
2021Russia Moscow, Russia109 kg1901901901st place, gold medalist(s)227227227------
2023Armenia Yerevan, Armenia+109 kg1901952003rd place, bronze medalist(s)235245–3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4403rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References
  1. "Rio Olympics 2016: Ruslan Nurudinov wins -105kg weightlifting gold". BBC. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 109 kg
  3. "Simon Martirosyan becomes Youth olympic champion with world record". Armenpress. 23 August 2014.
  4. "Simon Martirosyan Wins Armenia's First Medal at Rio Olympics". Armenian Weekly. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  5. "Weightlifting: Proud Uzbek Nurudinov eases to Rio gold". Reuters. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  6. "Armenia's Simon Martirosyan Wins Gold at Weightlifting World Championships". MassisPost. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  7. "MARTIROSYAN became World Champion". IWF.net. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  8. "MARTIROSYAN defended his title". IWF.net. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  9. "Armenian Weightlifter Simon Martirosyan Repeats as World Champion, Sets New Record". Massis Post. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  10. Oliver, Brian (16 December 2021). "Home fans celebrate as Djuraev adds weightlifting world title to Olympic gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  11. "PDF Results for 2017 European Championships 105 kg" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
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