PROMINENT WEIGHTLIFTER KHACHATUR KYAPANAKTSIAN DIES IN A CAR ACCIDENT
Author: Editor: Eghian Robert
Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Oct 2 2007
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. Prominent weightlifter Khachatur
Kyapanaktsian had an accident by his personal Mercedes car and died on
the spot in the midnight of September 30 on the Gyumri-Spitak highway.
K. Kyapanaktsian was born in 1968. For nearly 10 years he was
included in the USSR national team, established many world and Europe
records, became USSR and Europe champion. In the Armenian national
team K. Kyapanaktsian took part in the 1996 Olympic Games. He had
been the second trainer of the Armenian weightlifting national team
since 2005. K. Kyapanaktsian made a great contribution in the issue
of Armenian weightlifters’ success in the 2007 Europe and world
championships.