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yerevan , armenia lightsteelblue may 17 , 1976 arsen melikyan
 arsen melikyan
arsen melikyan

arsen melikyan -lrb- , born may 17 , 1976 in yerevan , armenian ssr -rrb- is an armenian weightlifter .
melikyan won an olympic bronze medal at the 2000 summer olympics .
he became the first olympian from the independent republic of armenia to win an olympic bronze medal and to win an olympic medal in weightlifting .
melikyan later won a bronze medal at the 2005 european weightlifting championships .
