Liana Gyurjyan

Liana Gyurjyan (born 13 June 2002) is an Armenian weightlifter. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the European Weightlifting Championships. She also won the gold medal in the women's 81kg event at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Career

Gyurjyan won the gold medal in the under-15 girls 69kg event at the 2017 European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in Pristina, Kosovo. She also won the gold medal in the under-17 girls 69kg event at the 2018 European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in San Donato Milanese, Italy. She competed in the girls' +63kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In that same year, she competed in the women's 71 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

At the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships held in Batumi, Georgia, Gyurjyan finished in 4th place in the women's 81kg event but this became the bronze medal after disqualification of the original gold medalist Eleni Konstantinidi of Greece. In that same year, she won the gold medal in the junior women's 81kg event at the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania. At the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland, she won the gold medal in her event.

Gyurjyan won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank World Championships 2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 71 kg 85 85 90 22 105 110 110 19 195 19 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 81 kg 95 100 103 13 125 130 134 11 237 11 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 81 kg 93 96 96 22 127 130 130 12 223 13 European Championships 2019 Batumi, Georgia 81 kg 90 94 97 4 115 120 125 217 2021 Moscow, Russia 81 kg 94 98 100 6 121 125 129 227 2023 Yerevan, Armenia 81 kg 95 95 99 9 120 126 126 10 215 10 2024 Sofia, Bulgaria 81 kg 95 98 98 6 125 125 129 4 220 4 2025 Chișinău, Moldova 87 kg 100 104 106 4 130 135 140 246