Armenia · Men's 69 kg, April 2016
Vanik Avetisyan
Vanik Avetisyan is a weightlifter from Armenia, born in 1987. The results below cover 12 competitions from 2009 to 2016. The latest result came in the men's 69 kg class, at the 2016 European Championships.
- Best total
- 320 kg
- Best snatch
- 144 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 179 kg
Vanik Avetisyan's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 62 kg in 2009, 69 kg from 2010 to 2016. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 68.61 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 70 kg.
Latest result: 2016 European Championships, 8 April 2016, 69 kg, total 312 kg, place 5.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 kg2010 to 2016 | 144 | 179 | 320 |
| 62 kg2009 | 119 | 151 | 270 |
Vanik Avetisyan by the numbers
Vanik Avetisyan'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
- 453.7
- From 320 kg at 68.93 kg bodyweight, 2014 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 101st of 1,135
- 320 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 69 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 79%
- At the best total, 141 kg of 179 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
- 27
- Turned 27 in 2014, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 11 of 12
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Vanik Avetisyan makes each attempt
Vanik Avetisyan made 56% of snatch attempts and 42% 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
Vanik Avetisyan head to head
The lifters Vanik Avetisyan 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 | Vanik Avetisyan ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | 5 | |
| Petr Petrov | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| 4 | 4 | 0 |
Vanik Avetisyan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 | 5 | 312 | 69 kg | 68.61 | 137 | 175 | ||||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 11 | 317 | 69 kg | 68.89 | 136 | 140 | 177 | |||
| 2015 European Championships 10 Apr 2015 | 4 | 312 | 69 kg | 68.74 | 137 | 175 | ||||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 5 | 320 | 69 kg | 68.93 | 137 | 141 | 173 | 179 | ||
| 2014 European Championships 5 Apr 2014 | 2 | 315 | 69 kg | 68.2 | 135 | 140 | 171 | 175 | ||
| 2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 2013 | 11 | 307 | 69 kg | 68.85 | 132 | 137 | 170 | |||
| 2012 FISU World University Championships 5 Nov 2012 | 3 | 315 | 69 kg | 68.74 | 137 | 142 | 173 | |||
| 2012 European Championships 9 Apr 2012 | 4 | 316 | 69 kg | 68.87 | 138 | 142 | 144 | 172 | ||
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | - | - | 69 kg | 68.66 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2011 European Championships 11 Apr 2011 | 6 | 312 | 69 kg | 68.38 | 133 | 138 | 174 | |||
| 2010 European U 23 Championships 20 Nov 2010 | 3 | 300 | 69 kg | 68.35 | 135 | 165 | ||||
| 2009 European U23 Championships 11 Oct 2009 | 3 | 270 | 62 kg | 61.6 | 115 | 119 | 145 | 151 |
Compare Vanik Avetisyan
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Vanik Avetisyan met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

