Ashot Mkhitaryan


Ashot Mkhitaryan was the head of the National weightlifting team of Armenia.
Mkhitaryan trained the national team since 2006. Under his guidance, Armenia won 6 bronze medals at Olympic Games in Beijing, as well as many medals at European and World Championships.

Achievements

Since 1996 to 2006 he was the chief coach of the youth and youngsters national weightlifting team of Armenia.
Since 2006 to 2010 he was the chief coach of the national weightlifting team of Armenia. At the head of Ashot Mkhitaryan, Armenian weightlifters scored numerous victories in World and European Championships.
The results of his team during the World and European Competitions since 1995 to 2010:
Ashot Mkhitaryan died of a heart attack in Zvartnots International Airport on May 23, 2010 when welcoming the youth weightlifting team returning from Valencia after the European Championships.