Gevorg Davtyan

Gevorg Davtyan
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Armenia
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing 77 kg
World Championships
2007 Chiang Mai 77 kg
European Championships
2006 Władysławowo 77 kg
2007 Strasbourg 77 kg

Gevorg Davtyan (Armenian: Գևորգ Դավթյան, born January 4, 1983 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian weightlifter. Davtyan received the Master of Sport of Armenia, International Class title in 2001, Best Sportsman of Armenia award in 2007[1] and Honored Master of Sport of Armenia title in 2009.[2][3] He is 165 cm tall.[4]

Biography

Gevorg Davtyan started weightlifting in 1994 under the honored coach of Armenia, Vahan Bichakhchyan. Four years later, he won the Junior European Championship. Davtyan repeated this success a year later. He also won a gold medal at the 2001 Junior World Championship. After that, Davtyan began to compete in adult competitions.[5]

Davtyan became a consecutive two-time European Champion at the 2006 European Weightlifting Championships and 2007 European Weightlifting Championships. He won the gold medal in the 77 kg category.

He won the silver medal in the 77 kg category at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships.[4]

Davtyan became an Olympic bronze medalist in the 77 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics with a total of 360 kg.[4] At a press conference afterwards for the division medalists, Davtyan announced "I want to offer my medal to Anatoly Khrapaty's memory who died some day ago. The Olympic champion was one of my former coaches."[6]

Following an unsuccessful proformence at the 2010 World Weightlifting Championships, Davtyan left the Armenian national weightlifting team.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Геворг Давтян признан лучшим спортсменом Армении 2007 года (in Russian). Mirtv.ru. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  2. ↑ ПОДВЕДЕНЫ ИТОГИ ГОДА (in Russian). www.ra.am. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. ↑ НОК и Минспорта Армении наградили лучших спортсменов 2009 года (in Russian). newsarmenia.ru. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Davtyan Gevorg". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  5. ↑ Допинг выкосил команду штангистов (in Russian). Sport.rambler.ru. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Men's 77 kg press conference quotes". publi.verba.hu. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "Tigran V. Martirosyan, Gevorg Davtyan left out of Armenian national team". news.am. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
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