Oksen Mirzoyan

Oksen Mirzoyan
Medal record
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
Men's weightlifting
Olympic Games
Gold 1988 Seoul -56 kg

Oksen Mirzoyan (Armenian: Օքսեն Միրզոյանն, Russian: Оксен Аракелович Мирзоян) (born June 11, 1961 in Angeghakot) is a former Armenian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.

He was born in village Angeghakot, Sisian Oblast, Armenian SSR.

Mirzoyan won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1]

Other weightlifting achievements

  • Senior world champion (1983);
  • Silver medalist in Senior World Championships (1982 & 1985);
  • Bronze medalist in Senior World Championships, senior European champion (1983);
  • Silver medalist in European Championships (1982, 1985, 1986);
  • Set fourteen world records during career.

References

  1. ^ "1988 Summer Olympics - Seoul, South Korea - Weightlifting" - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 24, 2008).