Hakob Mkrtchyan


Hakob Mkrtchyan is an Armenian male weightlifter, World Champion and European Champion competing in the 77 kg and 85 kg categories until 2018 and 89 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

Career

He won the 77 kg class at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, and in doing so became the first Armenian to win a gold medal at the Summer Youth Olympics.
In 2018 he competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships winning a silver medal in the clean & jerk.

Major results