Simon Martirosyan (; born 17 February 1997) is an Armenian weightlifter, Olympian, two-time world champion, and two-time European champion competing in the 105 kg category until 2018 and 109 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 109 kg
Career 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 Total for the −109 kg division.
In 2014 Martirosyan competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics winning a gold medal in the +85 kg category.
Olympics He competed for Armenia in the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the silver medal in the men's 105 kg competition.
World Championships In 2018 the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories nullifying earlier records, and coming into the competition it was suspected to be a close race between Ruslan Nurudinov (gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics), and Yang Zhe (4th place at the 2016 Summer Olympics). After the snatch portion of the competition, Ruslan Nurudinov was out of the running for a total (as he did not complete a lift), and Yang Zhe was leading Martirosyan by 1 kg. In the clean & jerk portion of the competition, Martirosyan was the last lifter to begin lifting, and with his first lift of 230 kg he was in first place. After Nurudinov was unable to complete his next lift of 238 kg, Martirosyan attempted and made a 240 kg clean & jerk, setting new world records in the clean & jerk and total, and winning 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.
In 2021, he won the bronze medal in the men's 109kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
European Championships In 2016 he competed at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships and won a bronze medal in 105 kg category. The following year he competed at the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships in Split, Croatia in the 105 kg category. He won gold medals in the snatch, clean & jerk and total, outlifting silver medalist Vasil Gospodinov by 17 kg. He returned to the European Weightlifting Championships in 2019 and swept gold medals and finished with a total of 427 kg, 16 kg over Andrei Aramnau.
Major results Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 RankOlympic Games2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 105 kg 185 190 195 220 227 234 417 2020 Tokyo, Japan 109 kg 190 195 198 228 238 238 423 World Championships 2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 105 kg 178 183 183 5 213 220 221 11 396 7 2015 Houston, United States 105 kg 180 186 191 216 216 216 8 402 52018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 109 kg 190 195 197 230 240 WR — 435 CWR 2019 Pattaya, Thailand 109 kg 190 195 199 WR 230 241 – 429 2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 109 kg 188193196228237237416 2022 Bogotá, Colombia +109 kg 190 190 200 10 235 240 240 8 425 82023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia+109 kg19520020562402502554505 European Championships 2015 Tbilisi, Georgia 105 kg 180180181 4210216 2215397 4 2016 Førde, Norway 105 kg 182 184 185 215 220 225 402 2017 Split, Croatia 105 kg 184 190 190 220 220 230 414 2019 Batumi, Georgia 109 kg 187 192 197 225 235 — 427 2021 Moscow, Russia 109 kg 190190190 227227227——— 2023 Yerevan, Armenia +109 kg 190 195 200 235 245 — 440 2024 Sofia, Bulgaria +109 kg 190 200 200 241 247 255 437 2025 Chișinău, Moldova 109 kg 176 181 181 213 225 225 406 2026 Batumi, Georgia 110 kg 183 183 190 4 215 230 — 6 398 6IWF World Cup2024 Phuket, Thailand +109 kg 195 202 202 5 245 253 253 4 440 4
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