Aleksander Karapetyan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Aleksander Karapetyan

Olympic weightlifter

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1970

Place of Birth: Gyumri, Shirak Region, Armenia

Profession: weightlifter

Nationality: Armenia, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Aleksandr "Alex" Karapetyan (born 17 August 1970 in Gyumri, Armenia) is an Armenian weightlifter who later represented Australia. Karapetyan won a silver medal at the 1995 World Weightlifting Championships for his home country Armenia.
He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics representing Armenia, coming in 13th place, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics representing Australia, coming in 10th place.
In 2007 Karapetyan was suspended for two years after he admitted benzylpiperazine doping.