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Mel Daluzyan
Armenian weightlifter (born 1988) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mel Daluzyan (Armenian: Մել Դալուզյան, born 20 April 1988 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR), is an Armenian weightlifter. He received the Honoured Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2006.
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Mel Daluzyan started weight training in 2002 under the leadership of Artashes Nersisyan, competing in women's categories as Meline Daluzyan prior to his gender transition. His parents opposed his passion at first but later became proud of his achievements. He is a seven-time Armenian Champion and won the Junior European Championship in both 2005 and 2006.
Daluzyan won a bronze medal at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships. Prior to transition, Daluzyan was the first weightlifter from Armenia to win a World medal in the female category. The next year, Daluzyan won a gold medal at the 2007 European Weightlifting Championships and was the first Armenian to become a European Champion in weightlifting. Daluzyan repeated this success at the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships. Daluzyan was set to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but suffered an acute attack of pancreatitis two weeks before the Olympics and was forced to withdraw from the competition. Hripsime Khurshudyan competed as substitute.[1]
In 2010, Daluzyan won a silver medal at the 2010 European Weightlifting Championships and a bronze medal at the 2010 World Weightlifting Championships. At his Olympic debut in the 2012 Summer Olympics he was unable to set a total.[2][3]
Daluzyan's samples from the 2012 Olympics were re-analyzed in May 2019 and found to be positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone metabolites and stanozolol metabolites, and Daluzyan was disqualified from the Olympic Games.[4]
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