SMBAT MARGARYAN GETS SILVER IN EUROPEAN WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Tert.am
12:17 ~U 06.04.10

On April 5, Armenian weightlifter Smbat Margaryan, only 17 years old,
had an amazing performance in the 2010 European Senior Weightlifting
Championships in Minsk, Belarus, winning a silver medal in the 56
kg category.

Margaryan competed in Group B, lifting 109 kg in the snatch category,
and 146 kg – a European Youth Record – in the clean & jerk. With a
total result of 255 kg, Smbat waited for the Group A participants to
have their turn.

A number of experienced weightlifter competed in this group, however,
it was Vitaliy Derbenev, representing Belarus, who won the gold medal.

Scoring a total result of 256 kg, Derbenev beat Margaryan simply by
1 kg.

Another weightlifter of Armenian origin, Arsen Tamrazian, representing
Russia, also competed in the 56 kg category, coming in at 9th place
by lifting a total of 238 kg.