Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan

Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (Armenian: Խաչատուր Քյափանակցյան; June 24, 1968 – September 30, 2007) was an Armenian weightlifter. He set two world records in the snatch.

Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Armenia
European Championships
1993 Sofia-76 kg
1994 Sokolov-76 kg
1995 Warsaw-76 kg
1998 Riesa-76 kg

Kyapanaktsyan was born in Leninakan, Armenian SSR (now Gyumri, Armenia), a city known for producing elite weightlifters.[1] He won a gold medal at the 1993 European Weightlifting Championships and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Kyapanaktsyan also set two world records, both in the snatch.[2]

On September 30, 2007, Kyapanaktsyan died at the age of 39 in a car accident on the Gyumri-Vanadzor highway.[3]

References

  1. "Gyumri". Cultural Caucasus. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  2. "Dream Teams Of The 20th Century: Team Armenia". liftup.chidlovski.net. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  3. "Sport: Weightlifting". ArmeniaNow.com. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
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