Armenian weightlifter Ruben Aleksanyan (+105 kg) won European Champion title with a 416 kg lift in clean and jerk combination (181kg+235kg) in European Weightlifting Championship in Vladislavovo, Poland.

Armenian national team carried off three gold medals.

Earlier Armenian sportsmen Smbat Margaryan (56 kg) and Agasi Agasyan won gold, Aghvan Melikyan and Vardan Davtyan — silver and Vanik Avetisyan took bronze medal.

Armenian weightlifters Davit Bejanyan (69 kg) and Sergey Petrosyan (105 kg) won gold for the Russian national team.