Ashot Danielyan

Ashot Danielyan
Personal information
Born April 11, 1974
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Competitor for  Armenia
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2000 Sydney +105 kg
European Championships
Gold 1999 La Coruña +105 kg
Gold 2000 Sofia +105 kg
Silver 2003 Loutraki +105 kg
Silver 2006 Władysławowo +105 kg
Bronze 2005 Sofia +105 kg

Ashot Danielyan (Armenian: Աշոտ Դանիէլյան ; born April 11, 1974 in Yerevan) is an Armenian weightlifter. The 1999 and 2000 European Champion, he initially won a bronze medal in the men's super heavyweight (+105 kg) weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was stripped of the medal and suspended following a positive drug test.[1] He returned to win a bronze medal at the 2003 European Championships and to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but did not finish the contest.

After the 2006 European Weightlifting Championships, he retired.

Results (since 2003)

Event Discipline Pos Results Date Season
European Championships + 105 kg 2 436.0 May 7 2006
World Championships + 105 kg 6 428.0 November 15 2005
European Championships + 105 kg 3 440.0 April 24 2005
World Championships + 105 kg 6 430.0 November 22 2003

References

  1. ^ CNNSI.com (September 30, 2000). "Armenian lifter, Norwegian wrestler test positive for drugs". CNN/Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2000/09/30/athletes_drugs/. Retrieved 2006-10-18. 

See also