Nazik Avdalyan

Nazik Awdaljan (Armenian Նազիկ Ավդալյան, Russian Назели ( Назик ) Вардановна Авдалян, English transcription: Nazik Avdalyan; born October 31, 1986 in Leninakan, then Soviet Union) is an Armenian weightlifter. It was 2009 world champion in the weight category to 69 kg body weight.

Career

Nazik Awdaljan began in her home town of Gyumri with the weight lifting. Trained by Artashes Nersisjan she appeared in 2006 for the first time at an international championship, which was equal to the World Cup in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). She started in the weight category to 69 kg body weight (BW ) and achieved in a duel 221 kg ( 100-121 ), with whom she took a good 7th place.

In 2007 she was in Strasbourg already Vice - European Champion ( to 69 kg body weight), increasing thereby their performance in a duel to 241 kg ( 105-136 ). Only Sliwenko Oksana from Russia reached 257 kg ( 112-145 ) better performance. At the 2007 World Championships in Chiang Mai / Thailand Nazik Avdaljan was 235 kg ( 102-135 ) does not quite match the performance of Strasbourg approach and landed on the 5th Place. The Champion and World Champion Oksana Sliwenko scored 276 kg, which they before Liu Chunhong of China, 271 kg and won.

In 2008, she succeeded at the European Championships in Lignano, a first title win. She won the class to 69 kg body weight of 242 kg ( 106-131 ) before Tatjana Matwejewa from Russia who scored 239 kg. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, she was actually a safe medal contender, not at the start. There is so successful in their Country Meline woman Dalusjan not started. Only Hipsime Churschudjan was in Beijing at the start, but remained at 30 kg below their normal capacity.

In 2009, Nazik Awdaljan at the European Championships in Bucharest 245 kg ( 110-135 ) in a duel and was with this performance second behind Oksana Sliwenko who scored 255 kg. At the 2009 World Championships in Goyang / South Korea she then surprised her rivals and also the professional audience with an increase to 266 kg ( 119-147 ), with which it was new world champion in the class to 69 kg body weight. She defeated here for the first time at an international championship Oksana Sliwenko who scored 264 kg, and came on the 2nd place.

International success

World Cup and European Championship individual medals

• World Championship gold medals: 2009/Reißen - 2009/Stoßen
• European Championship gold medals: 2008/Reißen - 2008/Stoßen
• European Championship silver medals: 2007/Stoßen - 2009/Reißen
• European Championships bronze medals: 2007/Reißen - 2009/Stoßen

Swell

• Journal Athletics
• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Science at the University of Leipzig