Ara Khachatryan
{{Short description|Armenian weightlifter (born 1982)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|09|13}}
| birth_place = Leninakan, Armenian SSR
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| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (2012)
| weight = {{convert|85|kg|lb|abbr=on}} (2012)
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| country = {{ARM}}
| sport = Weightlifting
| event = Men's 85 kg
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Weightlifting}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2006 Santo Domingo|77 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2007 Strasbourg|77 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro|77 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2010 Minsk|85 kg}}
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Ara Khachatryan ({{langx|hy|Արա Խաչատրյան}}, born September 13, 1982) is an Armenian weightlifter.
Biography
Ara Khachatryan was born on September 13, 1982, in Leninakan, Armenian SSR (now Gyumri, Armenia), a city well known for its weightlifters.{{cite web|title=Gyumri |url=http://culturalcaucasus.org/location.php?gyumri |publisher=Cultural Caucasus |accessdate=5 February 2013 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Under personal trainer Alexan Karapetyan and coach Boghos Poghosyan, Ara began weight training from an early age.
Ara joined the Armenian national weightlifting team originally competing at a weight of 77 kg. At the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships in Santo Domingo, Khachatryan scored a total of 357 kg and won a bronze medal.{{cite web|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results_results.php?placecod=8 |title=75th Men's and 18th Women's World Championships - 77 kg men |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |accessdate=February 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202053837/http://www.iwf.net/results/results_results.php?placecod=8 |archivedate=December 2, 2008 }} Khachatryan won a silver medal at the 2007 European Weightlifting Championships in Strasbourg with a total of 361 kg, coming only behind compatriot Gevorg Davtyan. He repeated the silver medal the next year at the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships in Italy, scoring just 1 kg behind the gold medalist. In the same year, he went to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished in seventh place. Moving up to the 85 kg category in 2010, Khachatryan lifted a total of 368 kg at the 2010 European Weightlifting Championships to win his third European silver medal. Later that year Khachatryan competed at the 2010 World Weightlifting Championships, where, after winning the gold medal in the snatch, he received a serious arm injury and was forced to drop out from the competition.{{cite web|script-title=hy:Արա Խաչատրյանը չկարողացավ շարունակել պայքարը ծանրամարտի ԱԱ-ում ձեռքի վնասվածքի պատճառով|url=http://www.panarmenian.net/arm/news/54098/|publisher=PanArmenian.Net|accessdate=5 February 2013|language=hy}} Khachatryan competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but was unable to set a total.{{cite web|script-title=hy:Լոնդոն-2012. Արա Խաչատրյանը 0 ստացավ պոկում վարժությունում|url=http://sport.news.am/arm/news/8769/london-2012-ara-khachatryany-0-stacav-pokum-varzhutyunum.html|publisher=sport.news.am|accessdate=5 February 2013|language=hy}}{{cite web|title=Ara Khachatryan|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/khachatryan-ara-1027620/|publisher=www.london2012.com|accessdate=5 February 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329004507/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/khachatryan-ara-1027620/|archivedate=29 March 2013}}{{cite web|script-title=hy:Լոնդոն-2012. Հայ օլիմպիականները. Արա Խաչատրյան|url=http://sport.news.am/arm/news/8066/london-2012-hay-olimpiakannery-ara-khachatryan.html|publisher=sport.news.am|accessdate=5 February 2013|language=hy}}
Personal life
He is married and has a son and a daughter.
Khachatryan's mentor, Ashot Mkhitaryan, suddenly died of a heart attack on May 23, 2010.
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kh/ara-khachatryan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060356/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kh/ara-khachatryan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Ara Khachatryan}}
- [http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteStatsResult.asp?a_id=1753 Ara Khachatryan at Lift Up]
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Category:Weightlifters from Gyumri
Category:Armenian male weightlifters
Category:Olympic weightlifters for Armenia
Category:Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:European Weightlifting Championships medalists