Aleksan Karapetyan (, born 17 August 1970 in Gyumri) is an Armenian weightlifter who later represented Australia.
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.
Major results
YearVenueWeight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank123Rank123RankWorld Championships2003 Vancouver, Canada 94 kg 170170170———————2002 Warsaw, Poland 94 kg 1751801804207.5212.5212.55382.542001 Antalya, Turkey 94 kg 177.5182.51852102102107392.55Commonwealth Games2002 Manchester, England 94 kg Lack of infoLack of info167.5Lack of infoLack of info197.53652006 Melbourne, Australia 94 kg 155160165185190190350
References
External links
Aleksander Karapetyan at Lift Up