Final roster of Armenia’s national team for the 2025 Weightlifting World Championship

From October 2 to 11, the World Weightlifting Championship will be held in Forde, Norway. For the first time, the competition will take place in the new weight categories approved by the International Weightlifting Federation.

Team Armenia will participate with seven athletes — six men and one woman.

Who will not travel to Oslo
By the decision of the coaching staff, 2024 European champion Aleksandra Grigoryan, as well as Rafik Harutyunyan, Ara Aghanyan, David Hovhannisyan, Hakob Mkrtchyan, Tatev Hakobyan, Emma Poghosyan, and several other well-known athletes were not included in the roster.

Another interesting update is that 2024 Paris Olympian Andranik Karapetyan will for the first time compete for Bosnia and Herzegovina, as previously reported. Meanwhile, super heavyweight Gor Minasyan will continue to represent Bahrain, where he will challenge Armenia’s team leader Varazdat Lalayan.

Team Armenia for the 2025 World Championship

Men:

• 60 kg — Garnik Cholakyan

• 71 kg — Gor Sahakyan

• 88 kg — Suren Grigoryan

• 110 kg — Garik Karapetyan

• 110 kg — Simon Martirosyan

• +110 kg — Varazdat Lalayan
  Head coach: Pashik Alaverdyan

Women:

• 77 kg — Anna Amroyan
  Head coach: Artashes Nersisyan