Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan

Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan

Martirosyan in 2011
Personal information
Born	June 9, 1988 (1988-06-09) (age 29) Leninakan, Armenian SSR (now Gyumri, Armenia)
Medal record Representing  Armenia Men's Weightlifting Olympic Games 2008 Beijing -69 kg World Championships 2010 Antalya -77 kg 2009 Goyang -77 kg European Championships 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro -69 kg 2010 Minsk -77 kg 2015 Tbilisi -77 kg 2007 Strasbourg -69 kg 2016 Førde -77 kg

Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan (Armenian: Տիգրան Գ. Մարտիրոսյան, born June 9, 1988 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian weightlifter. He was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2009. Martirosyan is an Armenian Champion, three-time European Champion, World Champion and the youngest Olympic medalist from Armenia.

Tigran was born on June 9, 1988 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR (now Gyumri, Armenia) to Gevorg Martirosyan, a well-known Armenian weightlifter, and Seda Yakhanedjyan. His fathers family is from Kars and his mothers family is from Sivas. He has an older and a younger brother and an older sister. Tigran was named after King Tigranes the Great, who ruled the Kingdom of Armenia at its greatest extent, and his father.

Although Tigran’s father didn't make his sons follow in his footsteps, they received a love of the sport at an early age from him. Hayk, Tigran’s older brother, became a Master of Sports in weightlifting. But he had to quit it because of family problems when their father died at the age of 45. Tigran started to practice weightlifting at the age of 11. By 13, he had already won Armenia’s Weightlifting Championship.

After the death of his father, Martirosyan began weight training under the guidance of Ashot Mkhitaryan.

Tigran had a successful youth career, becoming a 2003 European Vice-Champion and a 2004 European Champion. In the same year, he won the gold medal of the 2004 European Championship among juniors. The following year, he won a gold medal at the 2005 European Championships among juniors again. Martirosyan also set two world records as a junior in the snatch and the total, both in the lightweight (69 kg) division, and still holds both of these records to this day.