Simon Martirosyan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Simon Martirosyan
Occupation	Weightlifter
Date Of Birth	Feb 17, 1997(1997-02-17)
Age	27
Birthplace	Haykashen
Country	Armenia
Birth City	Armavir Province
Horoscope	Aquarius

Simon Martirosyan Biography

Simon Martirosyan is one of the most popular and richest Weightlifter who was born on February 17, 1997 in Haykashen, Armavir Province, Armenia. Simon Martirosyan (Armenian: Simon Martirosyan born on 17 Februar 1997) is an Armenian weightlifter, Olympian, two time World Champion, and two times European Champion competing in the category of 105 kg until 2018, and 109 kg beginning in 2018, following the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

In 2018 , the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories, erasing previous records. Upon entering the contest, it was thought to be a race that was close among Ruslan Nurudinov (gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics) along with Yang Zhe (4th place at the 2016 Summer Olympics). In the snatch section of the event, Ruslan Nurudinov was out of the race for the entire competition (as the lifter did not finish an exercise) and Yang Zhe was leading Martirosyan by 1 kilogram. In the clean and part of the jerk competition, Martirosyan was the last lifter to lift and after his first lift of 230kg, his place was first. After Nurudinov failed to finish his second lift of 238 kilograms, Martirosyan aimed and pulled off a 240kg clean & jerk. He set new records in the clean and jerk as well as total, as well as winning an award of the Gold Medal.

He competed at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in the 109 kg category after a convincing win at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships. He competed against silver medalist in the previous championships (Yang Zhe) and 2008 Olympic Champion (Andrei Aramnau). During the snatch competition Zhe, Aramnau and Martirosyan had their third snatch attempts in succession completed a world record lift each time. Zhe completed a 197 kg snatch, Aramnau with a 198 kg snatch and finally Martirosyan with a 199 kg lift. During the clean & jerk portion Martirosyan was the last lifter to make an attempt and with his lift of 230 kg he secured the gold medal in the clean & jerk and total.

He was a participant for Armenia at 2016’s Summer Olympics in which he was awarded an Olympic silver medal for the male 105kg contest.

Simon Martirosyan Net Worth

Simon Martirosyan is one of the richest Weightlifter from Armenia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Simon Martirosyan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 2014, Martirosyan took part in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics winning a gold medal in the category of +85 kg.

In 2016 He competed in the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships and received a bronze medal for his the 105kg category. The following year , he participated in the 17th European Weightlifting Championships in Split, Croatia in the 105 kg category. He was awarded gold medals in the clean, snatch and jerk, as well as the total overlifting the silver medalist Vasil Gospodinov by 17 kilograms. He was back at the European Weightlifting Championships in 2019 and won gold medals. He ended up with a total weight of 427 kg, which was 16 pounds more than Andrei Aramnau.

He held the youth world record for the snatch, the clean and jerk and total in the +94 kg division before weight classes were changed in 2018 nullifying earlier records. He is currently the world record holder in the Snatch, Clean & Jerk, and Total for the −109 kg division.

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Facts & Trivia

Simon Ranked on the list of most popular Weightlifter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Armenia. Simon Martirosyan celebrates birthday on February 17 of every year.

Top Facts about Simon Martirosyan

1. Simon Martirosyan is an Armenian weightlifter born in 1997.
2. He won a silver medal at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships.
3. Martirosyan set a world record in the clean and jerk in 2018.
4. He won gold at the European Weightlifting Championships in 2019.
5. Martirosyan is considered one of Armenia’s top athletes.
6. His personal best total lift is 435 kg (959 lbs).
7. Martirosyan has competed in both the 105 kg and +109 kg weight classes.
8. He began weightlifting at age 11 under his father’s guidance.
9. Martirosyan has been named Armenian Athlete of the Year twice (2018, 2019).
10. He is expected to compete for a medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.