Nazik Avdalyan
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Weightlifting | ||
Competitor for  Armenia
| ||
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 2009 Goyang | -69 kg |
| European Championships | ||
| Silver | 2007 Strasbourg | -69 kg |
| Gold | 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro | -69 kg |
| Silver | 2009 Bucharest | -69 kg |
Nazeli "Nazik" Avdalyan (born October 31, 1986 in Gyumri, Armenia) is an Armenian former weightlifter.
Avdalyan won a gold medal at the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships. Avdalyan is the first ever weightlifter from the independent Republic of Armenia to win a gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships and the first ever woman from Armenia to win a world championship in any sport.[1]
Armenian Sport Journalists Federation conducted an annual survey among 52 Armenian sport journalists who voted Nazik Avdalyan the best Armenian sportswoman of 2009. Avdalyan won by a record 520 points.[2]
On April 26, 2010, Avdalyan got in a car crash on Yerevan-Gyumri motorway and was taken to Gyumri hospital. She had received multiple bone fractures and a spine injury. Advalyan was transferred to Yerevan's Erebuni medical centre for additional examination and underwent lumbar surgery on April 28.[3] After the rehabilitation process, Avdalyan said she will be able to compete in sports again in 2013.[4]
Personal life
Nazik Avdalyan was married to former weightlifter Erik Karapetyan on June 9, 2012 in Yerevan, Armenia. The couple had been engaged for a long time but the wedding was delayed because of Avdalyan's car accident.[5]
References
- ↑ "Snatched, Cleaned, Jerked, Crowned!: Nazik Avdalyan becomes independent Armenia’s first weight lifting world champ". ArmeniaNow.com. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ↑ "Nazik Avdalyan — best Armenian sportswoman". NEWS.am. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ↑ "World weightlifting champion Nazik Avdalyan gets in car crash". PanARMENIAN.Net. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ↑ "Nazik Avdalyan will be back to sports in two years". PanARMENIAN.Net. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ↑ "Weightlifting female World Champion gets married". NEWS.am. Retrieved 27 October 2012.