Arsen Melikyan (, born 17 May 1976) is an

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

. Melikyan won an Olympic bronze medal at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

by snatching 365 kg. He became the first Olympian from the independent Republic of

to win an Olympic bronze medal for weightlifting, a first for the country. Melikyan later won a bronze medal at the 2005 European Weightlifting Championships.

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Arsen Melikyan at Lift Up
1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Yerevan Armenian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Armenia Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Armenia Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics European Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Armenian people 21st-century Armenian sportsmen {{Armenia-weightlifting-bio-stub