Armenia · Men's 94 kg, April 2026

Ara Aghanyan

Ara Aghanyan is a weightlifter from Armenia, born in 2000. The results below cover 8 competitions from 2017 to 2026. The latest result came in the men's 94 kg class, at the 2026 European Championships.

Best total
381 kg
Best snatch
175 kg
Best clean and jerk
206 kg
Career

Ara Aghanyan's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 77 kg from 2017 to 2018, 89 kg in 2019, 96 kg from 2022 to 2023, 102 kg from 2024 to 2025, 94 kg in 2026. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (77 kg to 89 kg), June 2025 (102 kg to 94 kg) and August 2026. At 93.47 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 95 kg.

Latest result: 2026 European Championships, 19 April 2026, 94 kg, total 381 kg, place 2.

Ara Aghanyan: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 2017 to 2026, best 381 kg in 2026.280335390201720192021202320252017 European Youth Championships, 23 Sep 2017: 293 kg2019 European Junior Championships, 17 Oct 2019: 358 kg2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022: 375 kg2023 European Championships, 15 Apr 2023: 364 kg2025 European Championships, 13 Apr 2025: 380 kg2026 European Championships, 19 Apr 2026: 381 kg
Ara Aghanyan: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 2017 to 2026, best 381 kg in 2026.2803353902017202120252017 European Youth Championships, 23 Sep 2017: 293 kg2019 European Junior Championships, 17 Oct 2019: 358 kg2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022: 375 kg2023 European Championships, 15 Apr 2023: 364 kg2025 European Championships, 13 Apr 2025: 380 kg2026 European Championships, 19 Apr 2026: 381 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms.

Best lifts in each class

The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.

Class Years Snatch Clean and jerk Total
94 kg2026 2026 175 206 381
102 kg2024 to 2025 2024 to 2025 175 205 380
96 kg2022 to 2023 2022 to 2023 170 205 375
89 kg2019 2019 162 196 358
77 kg2017 to 2018 2017 to 2018 140 162 293
Numbers

Ara Aghanyan by the numbers

Ara Aghanyan's record in context: where the best total ranks, how the snatch compares with the clean and jerk, and the lifts behind the best Sinclair score.

Best Sinclair score
455.6
From 381 kg at 93.47 kg bodyweight, 2026 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
7th of 110
381 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 94 kg class (the class list of 2025 to 2026) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
85%
At the best total, 175 kg of 206 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten men lifting in national federation meets sit between 71% and 86%.
Age at best total
26
Turned 26 in 2026, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
6 of 8
The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Attempts

How often Ara Aghanyan makes each attempt

Ara Aghanyan made 75% of snatch attempts and 45% of clean and jerk attempts at the competitions on this site, against 58% and 56% for every lifter at senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998. Below, each attempt in turn. Third attempts are the hardest: lifters ask for their heaviest weight last.

Snatch, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Ara Aghanyan: 100%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Ara Aghanyan: 75%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Ara Aghanyan: 50%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Ara Aghanyan: 75%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Ara Aghanyan: 57%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Ara Aghanyan: 0%
Rivals

Ara Aghanyan head to head

The lifters Ara Aghanyan has met most often in the same class, three times or more with both posting a total, and how often each finished ahead.

Rival Met Ara Aghanyan ahead Rival ahead
Latvia Armands Mežinskis 3 3 0
Martin Streichl 3 3 0
Results

Ara Aghanyan's competition results

Every result, newest first, with all six attempts. A struck-through weight is a missed attempt and a dash an attempt not taken. A dash under Total means no total was recorded, and "No lifts" that the lifter was entered but did not lift. Places are for the total.

Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.

Competition Place Total Class Bodyweight Snatch 1 2 3 Clean and jerk 1 2 3
2026 European Championships 19 Apr 2026 2 381 94 kg 93.47 167172175200206212 kg missed
2025 European Championships 13 Apr 2025 4 380 102 kg 100.5 170175180 kg missed205210 kg missed212 kg missed
2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 - - 102 kg 99.94 165170175 kg missed205 kg missed205 kg missed205 kg missed
2023 European Championships 15 Apr 2023 2 364 96 kg 95.4 165170 kg missed171 kg missed199not takennot taken
2022 European Championships 28 May 2022 2 375 96 kg 95.5 160165170200205208 kg missed
2019 European Junior Championships 17 Oct 2019 2 358 89 kg 88.2 151157162190196197 kg missed
2018 European Junior Championships 20 Oct 2018 - - 77 kg 76.4 135140143 kg missed169 kg missed169 kg missed169 kg missed
2017 European Youth Championships 23 Sep 2017 4 293 77 kg 75.52 125131 kg missed131155162166 kg missed
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Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Ara Aghanyan met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

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