European Weightlifting Championships: Armenia has 3 representatives Friday

Team Armenia will have three representatives Friday at the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova.

Anna Amroyan and Milena Khachatryan will compete in the women's 76kg category, while Mnatsakan Abrahamyan—in the men's 89kg.

Mnatsakan Abrahamyan will compete first. He is a bronze medalist at the European U20 Championships and a silver medalist at the European Youth Championships.

The men's 89kg Group A competition will start at 5pm Armenia time.

In the evening, Anna Amroyan and Milena Khachatryan will compete in the women's 76kg category.

Amroyan is a gold medalist at the U20 European Weightlifting Championships, a two-time bronze medalist at the World Youth Weightlifting Championships, and a gold medalist at U17 European Weightlifting Championships. Khachatryan is the European U20 champion, and the European U17 bronze medalist.

The women's 76kg Group A competition will kick off at 8pm Armenia time.

Team Armenia has already won 4 medals (3 silver, 1 bronze) in combined weight at the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships. The first medal was won by Aleksandra Grigoryan, named as the best young weightlifter in Europe in 2024, who became a silver medalist (202 kg, 85 kg +117 kg). Garnik Cholakyan (275 kg, 124 kg +151 kg) became a bronze medalist. Gor Sahakyan (338 kg, 153 kg +185 kg) and Rafik Harutyunyan (343 kg, 158 kg +185 kg) also won silver medals.