On September 23, Armenian weightlifter Tigran G. Martirosyan (77 kg) won the world champion’s title in the World Weightlifting Championship in Antalya, Turkey.

Two weightlifters represented Armenia at this category-Gevorg Davtyan and Tigran G. Martirosyan. Unfortunately, Davtyan failed due to his injury in the back.

Tigran G. Martirosyan lifted 373kg (173kg+200 kg) in snatch and jerk combination.

Chinese weightlifter Xiaojun Lu took the second place and the third place went to Tarek Yehia of Egypt (356 kg).