Vardan Militosyan

Vartan Militosjan (Armenian Վարդան Միլիտոսյան, born June 13, 1950 in Leninakan [ Gyumri ] ) is a former Soviet weightlifter Armenian descent. He won at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, the silver medal in the middleweight division and in 1976 and 1978 European champion at middleweight.

Career

Vartan Militosjan grew up in Leninakan and began as a teenager with the weight lifting. He was a member of Spartak Leninakan. The 1,70 m tall athlete first started out in the lightweight and middleweight from 1973. In the enormously strong competition in the former Soviet Union, it took until 1975 before he could draw attention to themselves even at international events for the first time.

In 1975 he won at the Soviet Championships in the middleweight division at 325 kg ( 140-185 ) with the 3rd place behind Valentin Mikhailov, Valery Smirnov and 327.5 kg, 325 kg for the first time a medal. In the same year, he still won a tournament then the Soviet Weightlifting Association in Zaporozhye in the middleweight division and rose while in a duel to 330 kg ( 145-185 ).

In 1976 he started for the first time at an international championship, the European Championships in East Berlin. He got there in the middleweight division at 340 kg ( 150-190 ) the title before the Meissen Peter Wenzel, who scored 335 kg and Jordan Mitkow from Bulgaria, 330 kg. At the Olympic Games this year in Montreal, he could not quite repeat the performance shown in East Berlin. He reached just 330 kg ( 145-185 ) and had to order Jordan Mitkow, the 335 kg ( 145-190 ) scored beaten. He won the silver medal ahead of Peter Wenzel, who came to 327.5 kg ( 145 to 192.5 ).

In 1977, Vartan Militosjan won a tournament in East Berlin at 345 kg ( 150-195 ). The performance and jerk of 195 kg and the duel capacity of 345 kg each were new world records. These services he even repeated again in 1977 at a tournament in Ryazan. Nevertheless, he was not used at the World Cup and European Championship this year in Stuttgart. He was the 20 -year-old Jurik Vardanyan, a coincidentally originating from Leninakan Armenians preferred to the World and European champion in Stuttgart with 345 kg in the total.

From 1978, Jurik Wardanjan started in light heavyweight and did so again the way for Vartan Militosjan at middleweight. This took advantage of this opportunity and this year was first in Havirov European champion in the middleweight division with 342.5 kg ( 147.5 to 195 ) before Zamari Todorov of Bulgaria, 330 kg: At the World Cup in Gettysburg, he had, however, Roberto Urrutia of Cuba precedence let, who scored 347.5 kg. Militosjan achieved in Gettysburg 337.5 kg ( 147.5 to 190 ) kg and thus became Vice World Champion in front of Peter Wenzel, who scored 335 kg.

In 1979, Vartan Militosjan came in the form of a crisis. In the Soviet Championship that year he came up with 332.5 kg ( 142.5 to 190 ) kg behind Valery Smirnov, 335 kg on the 2nd place, but was still employed at the European Championships in Varna. There he scored only 327.5 kilograms ( 142.5 to 185 ) and had to settle for sixth place finish. Winners were resurgent after a long break Bulgarian Jordan Mitkow, 345 kg prior to his compatriot Nedchelko Kolev, 337.5 kg. At the World Championships of 1979 in Salonika, he was no longer used.

Vartan Militosjan resigned in late 1979. Why he did that one year before the Olympic Games in Moscow, still would need to be clarified. For the rest he was soon a successor from their own family. His 18 years younger cousin Militosjan Israil, who also came from Leninakan, also was weightlifters and managed to do something Vartan Militosjan had not done, which is to be Olympic champion. Israil Militosjan it was at the Olympics in Barcelona in lightweight.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =, Mi = middleweight, then up to 75 kg body weight)

Soviet Championships

World Records

Swell

  • Journal athletics, numbers 6/1975, 5/ 1976 8/1976, 1/ 1977 3/1977, 2 /1978, 5/1978, 7 ​​/1978, 11/1978, 7/ 1979.
  • Http://www.chidlovski.net site
  • Website http://www.sport-komplett.de
  • Armenian
  • Weightlifting (Soviet Union)
  • European Champion (weight lifting)
  • Olympian (Soviet Union)
  • Soviet citizens
  • Born in 1950
  • Man
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