Simon Martirosyan

Simon Martirosyan

Personal information
Nationality	Armenian
Born	(1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 (age 27) Haykashen, Armenia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	128.0 kg (282 lb)
Sport
Country	Armenia
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	+109 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	–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 Men's weightlifting Representing  Armenia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro –105 kg 2020 Tokyo –109 kg World Championships 2018 Ashgabat –109 kg 2019 Pattaya –109 kg 2021 Tashkent –109 kg European Championships 2017 Split –105 kg 2019 Batumi –109 kg 2024 Sofia +109 kg 2016 Førde –105 kg 2023 Yerevan +109 kg Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing +85 kg

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]

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]

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

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]

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.

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	105 kg	185	190	195	4	220	227	234	2	417
2020	Tokyo, Japan	109 kg	190	195 OR	198	1	228	238	238	3	423
World Championships
2014	Almaty, Kazakhstan	105 kg	178	183	183	5	213	220	221	11	396	7
2015	Houston, United States	105 kg	180	186	191		216	216	216	8	402	5
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	109 kg	190	195	197		230	240 WR	–		435 CWR
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	109 kg	190	195	199 WR		230	241	–		429
2021	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	109 kg	188	193	196		228	237	237		416
2022	Bogota, Colombia	+109 kg	190	190	200	10	235	240	240	8	425	8
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	+109 kg	195	200	205	6	240	250	255		450	5
European Championships
2015	Tbilisi, Georgia	105 kg	180	180	181	4	210	216	221	5	397	4
2016	Førde, Norway	105 kg	182	184	185		215	220	225		402
2017	Split, Croatia	105 kg	184	190	190		220	220	230		414
2019	Batumi, Georgia	109 kg	187	192	197		225	235	–		427
2021	Moscow, Russia	109 kg	190	190	190		227	227	227	--	--	--
2023	Yerevan, Armenia	+109 kg	190	195	200		235	245	–		440

• Simon Martirosyan at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Simon Martirosyan at the International Weightlifting Results Project
• Simon Martirosyan at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)