Armenia · Men's 60 kg, April 2026
Garnik Cholakyan
Garnik Cholakyan is a weightlifter from Armenia, born in 2002. The results below cover 8 competitions from 2019 to 2026. The latest result came in the men's 60 kg class, at the 2026 European Championships.
- Best total
- 280 kg
- Best snatch
- 130 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 152 kg
Garnik Cholakyan's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 49 kg in 2019, 55 kg from 2021 to 2022, 61 kg from 2024 to 2025, 60 kg from 2025 to 2026. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025 (61 kg to 60 kg).
Latest result: 2026 European Championships, 19 April 2026, 60 kg, total 274 kg, place 2.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 kg2025 to 2026 | 124 | 152 | 275 |
| 61 kg2024 to 2025 | 130 | 151 | 280 |
| 55 kg2021 to 2022 | 108 | 132 | 240 |
| 49 kg2019 | 87 | 105 | 192 |
Garnik Cholakyan by the numbers
Garnik Cholakyan'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
- 431.9
- From 280 kg at 61 kg bodyweight, 2024 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 54th of 342
- 280 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 61 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 87%
- At the best total, 130 kg of 150 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
- 22
- Turned 22 in 2024, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 7 of 8
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Garnik Cholakyan makes each attempt
Garnik Cholakyan made 67% of snatch attempts and 50% 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
Snatch, second attempt
Snatch, third attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
Garnik Cholakyan head to head
The lifters Garnik Cholakyan 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 | Garnik Cholakyan ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Deniz Danev |
5 | 5 | 0 |
 Goderdzi Berdelidze |
3 | 0 | 3 |
Garnik Cholakyan'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.
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| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 European Championships 19 Apr 2026 | 2 | 274 | 60 kg | 59.7 | 120 | 124 | 145 | 150 | ||
| 2025 World Weightlifting Championships 2 Oct 2025 | 8 | 275 | 60 kg | 59.77 | 123 | 152 | not taken | |||
| 2025 European Championships 13 Apr 2025 | 3 | 275 | 61 kg | 61 | 124 | 151 | ||||
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 7 | 280 | 61 kg | 61 | 120 | 125 | 130 | 150 | ||
| 2022 European Junior Championships 15 Oct 2022 | - | - | 55 kg | 54.75 | 103 | 107 | ||||
| 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 2 May 2022 | 1 | 240 | 55 kg | 55 | 100 | 104 | 108 | 125 | 130 | 132 |
| 2021 European Junior Championships 24 Sep 2021 | 1 | 230 | 55 kg | 54.83 | 95 | 100 | 125 | 130 | not taken | |
| 2019 European Youth Championships 7 Dec 2019 | 1 | 192 | 49 kg | 48.75 | 85 | 87 | 105 |
Compare Garnik Cholakyan
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