Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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weightlifter
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Place of Birth: Gyumri, Shirak Region, Armenia
About Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan
- Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (Armenian: ???????? ????????????; June 24, 1968 – September 30, 2007) was an Armenian weightlifter.
- He set two world records in the snatch. Kyapanaktsyan was born in Leninakan, Armenian SSR (now Gyumri, Armenia), a city known for producing elite weightlifters.
- He won a gold medal at the 1993 European Weightlifting Championships and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
- Kyapanaktsyan also set two world records, both in the snatch.On September 30, 2007, Kyapanaktsyan died at the age of 39 in a car accident on the Gyumri-Vanadzor highway.
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