Israjel Militosjan

Israjel Militosjan
Personal information
Surname:	Israjel Militosjan
Nationality:	Armenia
Date of birth:	17th August 1968
Place of birth:	Gyumri
Size:	165 cm
Medal table

Israjel Militosjan ( Armenian Իսրայել Միլիտոսյան ; born August 17, 1968 in Gyumri , Armenian SSR ) is a former Soviet - Armenian weightlifter .

Athletic career

Militosjan's international career began in 1987. At the European Championships he was able to take second place behind Mikhail Petrov in the lightweight up to 67.5 kg with 335.0 kg . At the world championships in the same year, the same performance was enough for third place behind Petrow and Andreas Behm .

In 1988 Militosjan took part in his first Olympic Games in Seoul for the Soviet Union and finished second with 337.5 kg, behind Joachim Kunz with 340.0 kg. In the snatch Militosjan was able to set an Olympic record with 155.0 kg.

In 1989 Militosjan won the European and World Championships in Athens . Both events were held in one competition. With a world record of 160.0 kg in the snatch and 187.5 kg in the push, Militosjan was able to win 10 kg behind the Bulgarian Joto Jotow , who scored 337.5 kg.

In 1990, 1991 and 1992 Militosjan was each runner-up behind Jotow. At his last successful World Championships in Donaueschingen in 1991 , Jotow relegated him to second place, but only because of the higher body weight, as both of them achieved 345.0 kg.

At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , Militosjan now joined the United Team . There he was finally able to beat Jotow again and won Olympic gold in the lightweight up to 67.5 kg. He achieved with 155.0 kg in snatch and 182.5 kg in jerk 337.5 kg in a duel.

In 1994 Militosjan won gold in the snatch in the new class up to 70 kg at the European Championships in Sokolov . Then he went to the 1995 World Championships, the 1996 Olympic Games (now for Armenia ) and even the 1999 World Championships, but could no longer achieve top placements.

Others

• Israjel Militosjan is the cousin of Vartan Militosjan , silver medalist in the middleweight division up to 75 kg in 1976 in Montreal .

Personal best

• Tear: 160.0 kg in the class up to 67.5 kg in Athens in 1989.
• Bump: 187.5 kg in the up to 67.5 kg class in Athens in 1989.
• Duel: 347.5 kg (160.0 / 187.5 kg) in the class up to 67.5 kg in 1989 in Athens.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Israjel Militosjan in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on December 14, 2009

Web links

• Israjel Militosjan at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Profile of Israjel Militosjan at the lift-up project at chidlovski.net (English)
• Israjel Militosjan in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )