1. Israel Militosyan is an Armenian former weightlifter.
10 Facts About Israel Militosyan
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Israel Militosyan was awarded the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR title in 1989.
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Israel Militosyan was one of the top weightlifters of his era.
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Israel Militosyan made his Olympic debut at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
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Israel Militosyan would come in second to rival Yoto Yotov at the next three European Weightlifting Championships and at the 1991 World Weightlifting Championships.
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Israel Militosyan set the world record in the snatch for a third time in 1994 at the 1994 European Weightlifting Championships in Sokolov.
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Israel Militosyan is the first weightlifter from the independent Armenia to set a world record in weightlifting.
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Israel Militosyan represented Armenia in its Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he came in sixth place.
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Israel Militosyan retired from weightlifting in 1999 and later worked as a weightlifting coach in his hometown of Gyumri.
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Vardan was the first Soviet-Armenian to win an Olympic medal in weightlifting, and Israel Militosyan was the last.