Garik Karapetyan

Garik Karapetyan (born 11 June 2003) is an Armenian weightlifter. A European Champion, he competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career Junior career He won silver at the 2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Las Vegas in the 89 kg category.

He won gold at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent in the 96 kg division. He won gold at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Heraklion, Greece in the 96 kg division.

He won his third consecutive junior gold medal at the 2023 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico in the 102 kg category. He finished his junior career with three junior world records at this weight.

Senior career He won gold at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in the 102 kg division in April 2023. His 178 kg snatch set a European youth record.

Competing at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh, he snatched a new Junior world record of 183 kilograms whilst competing in the 102 kg category.

He won the bronze medal at the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria in the 102 kg category.

He placed fourth at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's 102 kg division. He shared first place with China's Liu Huanhua after the Snatch with a 186 kg lift but missed out on medal after the Clean & Jerk having lifted 398 kg in total.

In April 2025 in Moldova, he won the gold medal in the 109 kg category ahead of his compatriot and two-time Olympic silver medallist and world record holder Simon Martirosyan at the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships. He won his third European title the following year, winning in the 110 kg category at the 2026 European Weightlifting Championships in Georgia.

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Personal life He lives in Gyumri and is coached by his father, Alexan Karapetyan, who was also a weightlifter. He attended Shirak State University.