Garik Karapetyan, a member of the Armenian weightlifting team (102 kg), won a gold medal at the European U20 and U23 weightlifting championship, which is about to end in Bucharest, the capital of Romania.

In the under-20 competition, the Armenian weightlifter registered a result of 386 kg (181+205) and stood on the first step of the podium. Karapetyan also won miniature gold medals in snatch and push exercises.

To remind you, Garik Karapetyan was also awarded the champion title in the European senior championship held in Yerevan in April, resulting in 392 kg in the two-fight event.

Today, August 2, Julieta Avanesyan (+87 kg) will compete in the U20 competition, while Liana Gyurjian (87 kilograms), Petros Petrosyan, and Yasha Minasyan (109 kg) will compete for medals in the U23 competition.

It should be noted that Rafik Harutyunyan (81 kg) and Garnik Cholakyan (61 kg) won the gold medals in the U23 competition earlier, while Karen Margaryan (81 kg) won the silver medal.

Suren Grigoryan (89 kg) won the champion title in the under-20 competition. Tigran Karapetyan (67 kilograms), Gor Sahakyan (73 kg), and Emma Poghosyan (81 kg) won silver medals. In contrast, Alexandra Grigoryan (58 kilograms), Seyran Khudanyan (55 kg), Meruzhan Yeghoyan (61 kg), Martin Poghosyan (73 kg), and Mnatsakan Abrahamyan (81 kg) became bronze medal winners.

The European Youth Championship is held from July 23 to August 3.