Complete Results of the Championships: Youth (U20) and Junior (U17) World Weightlifting Championships

From May 1 to May 6, 2025, the Youth (U20) and Junior (U17) World Weightlifting Championships were held simultaneously— for the first time in history— on the same stage in Lima, Peru. Men and women competed on separate platforms.

The Armenian team competed with seven athletes and won six medals, including four golds in the U17 category, earning first place in the medal table for juniors.

Interestingly, only two athletes represented Armenia in the U17 category, yet Armenia still topped the medal table with four golds in total (details below).

Results of the Youth (U20) World Weightlifting Championships

Team Standings by Points
Women:

1. China (CHN) — 613 points (8 lifters)
2. Venezuela (VEN) — 421 points (7 lifters)
3. United States (USA) — 397 points (8 lifters)

• Next: Mexico, Canada, New Zealand, Peru, Turkey, Spain, and Colombia rounding out the top 10. Armenia, with two lifters, placed 25th.

Men:

1. Iran (IRI) — 725 points (10 lifters)
2. Colombia (COL) — 548 points (10 lifters)
3. Venezuela (VEN) — 434 points (9 lifters)

• Next: Uzbekistan, Turkey, Georgia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Poland, and Peru. Armenia, with three lifters, placed 22nd.

Team Standings by Medals
Women:

1. China — 10 gold, 7 silver, 6 bronze

2. Thailand — 3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze

3. USA — 3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze

4. Canada — 3 gold, 2 bronze

5. North Korea — 3 gold

6. Turkmenistan — 2 gold, 1 bronze

7. Colombia — 1 gold, 5 silver

8. South Korea — 1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze

9. Turkey — 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze

10. Armenia — 1 gold, 1 bronze

Men:

1. Iran — 8 gold, 9 silver, 4 bronze

2. Egypt — 4 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze

3. China — 3 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze

4. South Korea — 3 gold, 2 bronze

5. Japan — 2 gold, 3 silver

6. Brazil — 2 gold, 1 silver

7. Georgia — 2 gold, 3 bronze

8. Philippines — 2 gold, 3 bronze

9. Colombia — 1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze

10. Venezuela — 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze

Armenia did not win any medals in the U20 men’s events.

Records Set
Several new U20 world records were broken:

• Kotaro Tomari (Japan), 55 kg class: 123 kg snatch and 266 kg total.

• Mateus Pessanha (Brazil), 102 kg class: 220 kg clean & jerk.

Results of the Junior (U17) World Weightlifting Championships

Team Standings by Points
Girls (U17):

1. Venezuela (VEN) — 663 points (10 lifters)
2. USA (USA) — 548 points (10 lifters)
3. Mexico (MEX) — 419 points (7 lifters)

• Next: Peru, Taiwan, Ecuador, Philippines, Vietnam, Spain, and Great Britain. Armenia had no participants.

Boys (U17):

1. Peru (PER) — 405 points (10 lifters)
2. Venezuela (VEN) — 321 points (6 lifters)
3. Chinese Taipei (TPE) — 298 points (6 lifters)

• Rounding out the top five: Turkey and Bulgaria. Georgia, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, and Uzbekistan also performed strongly. Armenia, with two lifters, placed 18th.

Team Standings by Medals
Girls (U17):

1. Philippines — 6 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze

2. Venezuela — 4 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze

3. China — 4 gold, 2 silver

4. Kazakhstan — 3 gold, 3 silver

5. Albania — 3 gold

6. Uzbekistan — 2 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze

7. Samoa — 2 gold, 1 silver

8. Mexico — 2 gold, 2 bronze

9. Brazil — 2 gold, 1 bronze

10. Finland — 1 gold, 2 silver

Boys (U17):

1. Armenia — 4 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze

2. Moldova — 4 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze

3. Ukraine — 3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze

4. Egypt — 3 gold

5. Fiji — 3 gold

6. Georgia — 2 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze

7. Kazakhstan — 2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze

8. Iran — 2 gold, 1 silver

9. Philippines — 2 gold, 1 silver

10. Venezuela — 2 gold, 2 bronze

Armenia is credited with one bronze in U17, because in the +102 kg clean & jerk the third-place Russian lifter is not counted in the team standings, so the bronze was awarded to Harutyun Hovhannisyan, who placed fourth in that lift.

New Records
New U17 world records included:

• Da Silva Isanielli Cristina (Brazil), 40 kg girls: 77 kg clean & jerk.

• Lin Jinwei (China), 71 kg girls: 131 kg clean & jerk and 231 kg total.

• Varvara Kuzminova (Russia), 76 kg girls: 108 kg snatch and 235 kg total.

Armenian Athletes’ Results in Lima
Girls U20:

• Aleksandra Grigoryan (55 kg)

  • Snatch: 5th (88 kg)

  • Clean & Jerk: 1st (116 kg)

  • Total: 3rd (204 kg)

• Emma Pogosyan (81 kg)

  • Snatch: 5th (95 kg)

  • Clean & Jerk: 4th (120 kg)

  • Total: 4th (215 kg)

Boys U20:

• Hovhannes Hovhannisyan (67 kg)

  • Snatch: 9th (125 kg)

  • Clean & Jerk: 9th (155 kg)

  • Total: 10th (280 kg)

• Narek Mkrtchyan (81 kg)

  • Snatch: 4th (153 kg)

  • Clean & Jerk: no result

  • Total: no result

• Valerik Movsisyan (89 kg)

  • Snatch: 6th (158 kg)

  • Clean & Jerk: 9th (184 kg)

  • Total: 6th (342 kg)

Boys U17:

• Grigor Kazaryan (96 kg)

  • Snatch: 1st (145 kg)

  • Clean & Jerk: 1st (185 kg)

  • Total: 1st (330 kg)

• Harutyun Hovhannisyan (+102 kg)

  • Snatch: 1st (150 kg)

  • Clean & Jerk: 4th (173 kg)

  • Total: 2nd (323 kg)