Armenia’s  Simon Martirosyan has been voted second best weightlifter in the world, according to the results of a poll on the  International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) website.
Georgian Lasha Talkhadze became the year’s Best Male Lifter in 2019.
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Talkhadze overwhelmed with his 17,084 votes, Armenian Simon Martirosyan was given 5,514 and third-placed Chinese Lyu Xiaojun earned 2,169 votes from the fans.
Simon Martirosyan is two time World Champion, and two time European Champion.
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He won a silver medal at 2016 Summer Olympics, but is set to receive the Olympic gold after champion Russian Nurudinov of Uzbekistan tested positive on doping.
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H/T Public Radio Of Armenia