Armenia’s Simon Martirosyan wins European Weightlifting Championship heavyweight crown

ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s heavyweight weightlifter Simon Martirosyan has won the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) European Championship in Batumi, Georgia with a 424kg clean and jerk result.

This is Martirosyan’s second EWF title, first being in 2017. Earlier in 2016, he won silver in the 2016 summer Olympics.

The 22-year-old has also won gold at the 2018 World Championship.