Liana Gyurjyan (born 13 June 2002)[1] is an Armenian weightlifter. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the European Weightlifting Championships. She also won the gold medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[2][3]
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| Born | 13 June 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Armenia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 81 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editGyurjyan won the gold medal in the under-15 girls 69 kg event at the 2017 European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in Pristina, Kosovo. She also won the gold medal in the under-17 girls 69 kg event at the 2018 European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in San Donato Milanese, Italy. She competed in the girls' +63 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4] In that same year, she competed in the women's 71 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[5]
At the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships held in Batumi, Georgia, Gyurjyan finished in 4th place in the women's 81 kg event but this became the bronze medal after disqualification of the original gold medalist Eleni Konstantinidi of Greece.[6][7] In that same year, she won the gold medal in the junior women's 81 kg event at the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[1]
In 2021, she won the bronze medal in the women's 81 kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[8][9] At the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland, she won the gold medal in her event.[10]
Gyurjyan won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.[11]
Achievements
edit| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 2018 |  Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
71 kg | 85 | 22 | 105 | 110 | 19 | 195 | 19 | |||
| 2022 |  Bogotá, Colombia |
81 kg | 95 | 100 | 103 | 13 | 125 | 130 | 134 | 11 | 237 | 11 |
| 2023 |  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
81 kg | 93 | 96 | 22 | 127 | 12 | 223 | 13 | |||
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 |  Batumi, Georgia |
81 kg | 90 | 94 | 97 | 4 | 115 | 120 |  |
217 | 
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| 2021 |  Moscow, Russia |
81 kg | 94 | 98 | 6 | 121 | 125 | 129 | |
227 |
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| 2023 |  Yerevan, Armenia |
81 kg | 95 | 9 | 120 | 10 | 215 | 10 | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (29 May 2021). "Weightlifting double for Armenia and another medal for Russia at Junior World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (31 March 2020). "China's weightlifters power on towards Olympic glory". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (9 April 2021). "Pliesnoi boosts Olympic hopes with impressive win at European Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2021 European Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
External links
edit- Liana Gyurjyan at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Liana Gyurjyan at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Liana Gyurjyan at Olympedia
