Men's 89 kg, April 2021

Karen Avagyan

Karen Avagyan is a weightlifter. The results below cover 7 competitions from 2016 to 2021. The latest result came in the men's 89 kg class, at the 2021 European Championships.

Best total
375 kg
Best snatch
175 kg
Best clean and jerk
200 kg
Career

Karen Avagyan's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 85 kg from 2016 to 2017, 94 kg in 2018, 89 kg from 2019 to 2021. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (94 kg to 89 kg) and again in June 2025. At 88.76 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 95 kg.

Latest result: 2021 European Championships, 3 April 2021, 89 kg, total 375 kg, place 1.

Karen Avagyan: totals from the 7 competitions with a total, 2016 to 2021, best 375 kg in 2021.3103453802016201720182019202020212016 European Youth Championships, 10 Sep 2016: 330 kg2016 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Oct 2016: 318 kg2017 European Junior Championships, 15 Oct 2017: 339 kg2018 European Junior Championships, 20 Oct 2018: 358 kg2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Jun 2019: 341 kg2019 European Junior Championships, 17 Oct 2019: 364 kg2021 European Championships, 3 Apr 2021: 375 kg
Karen Avagyan: totals from the 7 competitions with a total, 2016 to 2021, best 375 kg in 2021.3103453802016201820202016 European Youth Championships, 10 Sep 2016: 330 kg2016 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Oct 2016: 318 kg2017 European Junior Championships, 15 Oct 2017: 339 kg2018 European Junior Championships, 20 Oct 2018: 358 kg2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Jun 2019: 341 kg2019 European Junior Championships, 17 Oct 2019: 364 kg2021 European Championships, 3 Apr 2021: 375 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
89 kg2019 to 2021 2019 to 2021 175 200 375
94 kg2018 2018 165 193 358
85 kg2016 to 2017 2016 to 2017 156 183 339
Numbers

Karen Avagyan by the numbers

Karen Avagyan'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
459.7
From 375 kg at 88.76 kg bodyweight, 2021 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
16th of 459
375 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 89 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
88%
At the best total, 175 kg of 200 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%.
Competitions with a total
7 of 7
A total at every competition listed.
Attempts

How often Karen Avagyan makes each attempt

Karen Avagyan made 76% of snatch attempts and 40% 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%
Karen Avagyan: 100%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Karen Avagyan: 71%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Karen Avagyan: 57%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Karen Avagyan: 71%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Karen Avagyan: 29%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Karen Avagyan: 17%
Rivals

Karen Avagyan head to head

The lifters Karen Avagyan 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 Karen Avagyan ahead Rival ahead
Latvia Armands Mežinskis 3 3 0
Results

Karen Avagyan'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
2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 1 375 89 kg 88.76 165170175200204 kg missed204 kg missed
2019 European Junior Championships 17 Oct 2019 1 364 89 kg 88.95 163170172 kg missed194 kg missed194197 kg missed
2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2019 3 341 89 kg 87.65 155159 kg missed159 kg missed186192 kg missed192 kg missed
2018 European Junior Championships 20 Oct 2018 4 358 94 kg 89.9 158161165189 kg missed189 kg missed193
2017 European Junior Championships 15 Oct 2017 4 339 85 kg 84.9 153156160 kg missed183188 kg missed188 kg missed
2016 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 19 Oct 2016 3 318 85 kg 81.6 140145 kg missed145173179 kg missed179 kg missed
2016 European Youth Championships 10 Sep 2016 1 330 85 kg 82.12 140145150170180not taken
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Compare Karen Avagyan

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