Israel Militosyan

Israel Militosyan

Personal information
Born	17 August 1968 (1968-08-17) (age 48) Leninakan, Armenian SSR
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Club	Spartak Gyumri
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul -67.5 kg 1992 Barcelona -67.5 kg World Championships 1987 Ostrava -67.5 kg 1989 Athens -67.5 kg 1991 Donaueschingen -67.5 kg European Championships 1987 Reims -67.5 kg 1989 Athens -67.5 kg 1990 Aalborg -67.5 kg 1991 Władysławowo -67.5 kg 1992 Szekszárd -67.5 kg USSR Weightlifting Championships 1989 Frunze -67.5 kg 1991 Donetsk -67.5 kg Summer Spartakiad of the USSR 1991 Donetsk -67.5 kg Cups of the USSR 1977 Ryazan -75 kg Snatch 1977 Ryazan -75 kg Clean and Jerk 1977 Ryazan -75 kg Total 1984 Zaporizhia -60 kg Total

Israel Militosyan (Armenian: Իսրայել Միլիտոսյան, born 17 August 1968) is an Armenian former weightlifter. He was awarded the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR title in 1989.

Born in Leninakan, Armenian SSR (now Gyumri, Armenia), a city famous for its world class weightlifters, Militosyan took up weightlifting in 1980 under the guidance of cousin Vardan Militosyan and joined the Soviet national team in 1987.

Militosyan was one of the top weightlifters of his era. He made his Olympic debut at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He won a silver medal in the lightweight (67.5 kg) class with a total of 337.5 kg, only 2.5 kg behind gold medalist Joachim Kunz. Despite the defeat, Militosyan set a new Olympic record in the snatch at 155 kg.

The following year, Militosyan became both a European and a World Champion by winning gold medal at the 1989 European Weightlifting Championships and 1989 World Weightlifting Championships. At the World Weightlifting Championships in Athens, Militosyan set the world record in the snatch at 158.5 kg and then, in his next lift, broke his own world record at 160 kg.

Militosyan would come in second to rival Yoto Yotov at the next three European Weightlifting Championships and at the 1991 World Weightlifting Championships. As such, Yotov was considered the gold medal favorite at the up-coming Olympics and Militosyan was expected to repeat his silver medal achievement.

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