About Arsen Melikyan
Born 1976. Arsen Melikyan is an Armenian weightlifter.
Arsen Melikyan (, born 17 May 1976) is an Armenian weightlifter.
Melikyan won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics by snatching 167.5kg with a 197.5kg clean and jerk (365kg total). He became the first Olympian from the independent Republic of Armenia to win an Olympic bronze medal for weightlifting, a first for the country. Melikyan later won a bronze medal at the 2005 European Weightlifting Championships.
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Who is Arsen Melikyan?
Armenian weightlifter
When was Arsen Melikyan born?
Arsen Melikyan was born on 17 May 1976 in Yerevan.
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Arsen Melikyan is a weightlifter.
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Arsen Melikyan is Armenian.
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