Varazdat Lalayan
{{Short description|Armenian weightlifter (born 1999)}}
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| coach = Pashik Alaverdyan
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Paris|+102 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}
{{MedalGold|2024 Manama|+109 kg}}
{{Medal|Silver| 2021 Tashkent | +109 kg }}
{{Medal|Silver|2023 Riyadh|+109 kg}}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2022 Bogotá | +109 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| European Championships }}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Sofia|+109 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|2025 Chișinău|+109 kg}}
{{Medal|Silver| 2022 Tirana | +109 kg }}
{{Medal|Silver| 2023 Yerevan | +109 kg }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2021 Moscow | +109 kg }}
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Varazdat Lalayan (born 1 May 1999,{{Cite web|title=2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships|url=https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/06/Results_book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526190705/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/06/Results_book.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2020|access-date=4 June 2020|website=International Weightlifting Federation}} Gyumri, Armenia){{Cite web |title=Varazdat Lalayan {{!}} NBC Olympics |url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/varazdat-lalayan-1534476 |access-date= |website= |language=en}} is an Armenian weightlifter. He is a three-time medalist at the World Weightlifting Championships and a five-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the European Weightlifting Championships.
Career
In 2018, Lalayan won the silver medal in both the men's +105{{nbsp}}kg event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and the junior men's +105{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Zamość, Poland.{{Cite news|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|date=14 July 2018|title=South Korea's Lee proves cut above opposition on final day of IWF Junior World Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1067473/south-koreas-lee-proves-cut-above-opposition-on-final-day-of-iwf-junior-world-championships|access-date=1 December 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2018/07/Results_book_TASHKENT2018.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714192938/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2018/07/Results_book_TASHKENT2018.pdf|archive-date=14 July 2018|access-date=19 July 2021|website=International Weightlifting Federation}}
A year later, Lalayan won the gold medal in the men's +109{{nbsp}}kg event at both the 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Suva, Fiji and the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=8 June 2019|title=Davoudi edged out by Lalayan at IWF Junior World Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1080298/davoudi-edged-out-by-lalayan-at-iwf-junior-world-championships|access-date=1 December 2021}}
Lalayan won the bronze medal in the men's +109{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Moscow/ResultsBook.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413173640/https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Moscow/ResultsBook.pdf|archive-date=13 April 2021|access-date=29 May 2021|website=2021 European Weightlifting Championships}}{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=11 April 2021|title=World records for Lasha and another British gold in European Weightlifting Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1106504/european-weightlifting-championships|access-date=1 December 2021}} At the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland, he won the gold medal in his event.{{Cite web|title=2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Junior/Resultbook.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004142147/https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Junior/Resultbook.pdf|archive-date=4 October 2021|access-date=4 October 2021|website=European Weightlifting Federation}}
He won the silver medal in the men's +109{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=17 December 2021|title=Stunning sweep of weightlifting world records for Lasha - and another medal for Britain|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1116941/iwf-world-championships|access-date=18 December 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/12/Results_Book_2021_World_Championships_.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217203058/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/12/Results_Book_2021_World_Championships_.pdf|archive-date=17 December 2021|access-date=17 December 2021|website=International Weightlifting Federation}} the 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Jinju, South Korea, matching his PR total of 464 kg.
In August 2024, he finished in second place and won a silver medal in the men's +102{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=Weightlifting Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811193408/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}}
Achievements
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| colspan=13 | Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | align=left| Paris, France | +102 kg | 210 | 215 | {{n/a}} | 247 | 252 | {{n/a}} | 467 | {{silver2}} | ||
| colspan=13 | World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | align=left | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | +109 kg | 202 | 207 | 211 | {{silver2}} | 242 | 246 | {{silver2}} | 457 | {{silver2}} | |
| 2022 | align=left | Bogota, Colombia | +109 kg | 202 | 210 | 215 | {{silver2}} | 246 | 5 | 461 | {{bronze3}} | ||
| 2023 | align="left" | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | +109 kg | 205 | 212 | {{bronze3}} | 242 | 248 | 4 | 460 | {{silver2}} | ||
| 2024 | align="left" | Manama, Bahrain | +109 kg | 206 | 211 | 215 | {{gold1}} | 245 | 252 | {{bronze3}} | 467 | {{gold01}} | |
| colspan="13" | IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | align="left" | Phuket, Thailand | +109 kg | 205 | 210 | {{gold1}} | 243 | 253 | — | {{gold1}} | 463 | {{gold1}} | |
| colspan=13 | European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | align=left | Moscow, Russia | +109 kg | 200 | 205 | {{bronze3}} | 240 | {{bronze3}} | 445 | {{bronze3}} | |||
| 2022 | align=left | Tirana, Albania | +109 kg | 203 | 211 | {{silver2}} | 240 | {{silver2}} | 451 | {{silver2}} | |||
| 2023 | align=left | Yerevan, Armenia | +109 kg | 205 | 212 | {{Silver2}} | 240 | 250 | {{Silver2}} | 462 | {{Silver2}} | ||
| 2024 | align=left | Sofia, Bulgaria | +109 kg | 200 | 205 | {{gold1}} | 240 | 250 | — | {{gold1}} | 455 | {{gold1}} | |
| 2025 | align="left" |Chișinău, Moldova | +109 kg | 200 | 210 | {{gold1}} | 240 | — | {{gold1}} | 450 | {{gold1}} |
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Armenian male weightlifters
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Category:Weightlifters at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic weightlifters for Armenia
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics