Hakob Mkrtchyan
{{Short description|Armenian weightlifter (born 1997)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Hakob Mkrtchyan
| image =
| caption =
| nickname = Gomp
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|3|8|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| nationality = Armenian
| height =
| weight = 88.75 kg
| country = Armenia
| sport = Weightlifting
| event = –89 kg
| club =
| pb = {{unbulleted list|Snatch: 167 kg (2019)|Clean & jerk: 212 kg (2021)|Total: 375 kg (2019)}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Pattaya|–89 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Batumi|–89 kg}}{{MedalGold|2024 Sofia|–96 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Moscow|–96 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|Youth Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Nanjing|–77 kg}}
}}
Hakob Mkrtchyan ({{langx|hy|Հակոբ Մկրտչյան}}; born 8 March 1997) is an Armenian male weightlifter, World Champion and European Champion competing in the 77 kg and 85 kg categories until 2018 and 89 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M89A.pdf PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 89 kg]
Career
He won the 77 kg class at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics,{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/photos/hakob-mkrtchyan-of-armenia-after-the-men-s-77kg-of-weightlifting|title=2014 Youth Olympics 77 kg results|author=Olympic.org|accessdate=20 November 2018}} and in doing so became the first Armenian to win a gold medal at the Summer Youth Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://sport.news.am/eng/news/45515/nanjing-2014-hakob-mkrtchyan-wins-armenias-first-gold.html|title=Nanjing 2014: Hakob Mkrtchyan wins Armenia's first gold|work=News.am|accessdate=20 February 2019}}
In 2018 he competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships{{cite web|url=https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/athletes_newbw/?athlete=mkrtchyan-hakob-1997-03-08&id=10761|title = IWF Results|author = IWF.net|accessdate=20 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=441|title = 2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results|author = IWF.net|accessdate=20 November 2018}} winning a silver medal in the clean & jerk.{{cite web|url=https://www.iwf.net/2018/11/06/seven-medallist-in-the-m89/|title=Seven Medallist in the Men's 89kg|work=IWF.net|date=6 November 2018 |accessdate=20 February 2019}}
Major results
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! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year ! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight ! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg) ! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg) ! rowspan=2 width=60 | Total ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Rank | ||||||||||||
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! width=60 | 2 ! width=60 | 3 ! width=45 | Rank ! width=60 | 1 ! width=60 | 2 ! width=60 | 3 ! width=45 | Rank | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan=13|World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | align=left | {{flag icon|KAZ}} Almaty, Kazakhstan | 77 kg | 135 | 140 | 30 | 170 | 175 | 180 | 18 | 320 | 20 | |
| 2018 | align=left| {{flagicon|TKM}} Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 89 kg | 160 | 14 | 205 | {{silver2}} | 365 | 7 | ||||
| 2019 | align=left| {{flagicon|THA}} Pattaya, Thailand | 89 kg | 163 | 167 | 4 | 204 | 208 | — | {{silver2}} | 375 | {{gold1}} | |
| colspan=13 | European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | align=left | {{flagicon|GEO}} Batumi, Georgia | 89 kg | 160 | 164 | 4 | 201 | 207 | — | {{gold1}} | 371 | {{gold1}} |
References
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External links
- {{IWF}}
{{Footer World Champions Weightlifting Men Light heavyweight}}
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Category:Armenian male weightlifters
Category:21st-century Armenian sportsmen
Category:Weightlifters at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Category:World Weightlifting Championships medalists