Aleksander Karapetyan
Armenian weightlifter (born 1970) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aleksan Karapetyan (Armenian: Ալէքսան Կարապէտյան, born 17 August 1970[1][2] in Gyumri) is an Armenian weightlifter who later represented Australia.
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Born | (1970-08-17) 17 August 1970 (age 53) Gyumri, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 93.49 kg (206 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Armenia Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 94 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karapetyan won a silver medal at the 1995 World Weightlifting Championships for his home country Armenia. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics representing Armenia, coming in 13th place, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics representing Australia, coming in 10th place.
In 2007 Karapetyan was suspended for two years after he admitted benzylpiperazine doping.[3]