Nazik Avdalyan World Champion

The Anthem of the Republic of Armenia sounded in Northern Korea as the 19 year-old, woman Armenian weight-lifter Nazik Avdalyan (69kg weight class) today became the World Champion at the World Weightlifting Championship in Goyang, Northern Korea.



Nazik Avdalyan brought 3 Gold medals to the Armenian National Team. By the first "Clean and jerk" approach she raised 119kg and gained the small Gold Medal. Then she took 147kg at the "Snatch" approach gaining the second small Gold Medal. In total Nazik lifted 266kg and became the World Champion 2009.



As a result Armenian took the 3rd place in the team list with 9 medals.Oksana Slivenko from Russia became the 2nd and Shaoli Zharg from Marocco became the 3rd.

Medal Name Country 1st 2nd Total

Gold Nazik Avdalyan Armenia 119 147 266
Silver Oksana Slivenko Russia 118 146 264
Bronze Shaoli Zharg Marocco 112 136 248

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