Armenian Weightlifter Varazdat Lalayan Wins Silver Medal at Paris Olympics

Varazdat Lalayan competed in the super heavyweight weightlifting category at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Despite narrowly missing his third attempt in both the snatch and clean and jerk exercises, Lalayan secured a silver medal with a combined total of 467 kg (215 kg in the snatch and 252 kg in the clean and jerk). This adds to his achievements as a European champion and World Cup winner.

Lalayan is a three-time medalist at the World Weightlifting Championships and a three-time medalist at the European Weightlifting Championships. He has won gold at the 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships and the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships.