Aleksander Karapetyan

{{Short description|Armenian weightlifter (born 1970)}}

{{For|the Armenian footballer|Aleksandre Karapetian}}

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| birth_place = Gyumri, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union

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| weight = 93.49 kg

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| sport = Weightlifting

| weight_class = 94 kg

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{{MedalSport | Men's weightlifting}}

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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|1995 Guangzhou|-91 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|1995 Warsaw|-91 kg}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold|2002 Manchester|-94 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2006 Melbourne|-94 kg}}

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Aleksan Karapetyan ({{langx|hy|Ալէքսան Կարապէտյան

}}, born 17 August 1970{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Alex Karapetyan |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/alex-karapetyan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203095537/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/alex-karapetyan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2016 |access-date=27 October 2012}}{{cite web |title=2003 Weightlifting World Championships - Aleksan Karapetyan |url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=94 |publisher=iwf.net |access-date=23 June 2016 |archive-date=2 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002172637/https://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=94 |url-status=dead}} in Gyumri) is an Armenian weightlifter who later represented Australia.

Karapetyan won a silver medal at the 1995 World Weightlifting Championships for his home country Armenia. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics representing Armenia, coming in 13th place, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics representing Australia, coming in 10th place.

In 2007 Karapetyan was suspended for two years after he admitted benzylpiperazine doping.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-04-23/australian-weightlifter-banned-for-doping/2530468 |title=Australian weightlifter banned for doping |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=23 April 2007 |publisher= |access-date=8 May 2015 |archive-date=18 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518195422/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-04-23/australian-weightlifter-banned-for-doping/2530468 |url-status=live |quote=Champion Australian weightlifter Aleksan Karapetyan has been suspended for two years after he admitted taking a banned drug}}