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| Born | October 31, 1986 Gyumri, Armenia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Armenia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Women's 69 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nazeli "Nazik" Avdalyan (Armenian: Նազելի "Նազիկ" Ավդալյան, born October 31, 1986, in Gyumri, Armenia) is an Armenian weightlifter.
Avdalyan won a gold medal at the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships. Avdalyan is the first ever weightlifter from the independent Republic of Armenia to win a gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships and the first ever woman from Armenia to win a world championship in any sport.[1]
Armenian Sport Journalists Federation conducted an annual survey among 52 Armenian sport journalists who voted Nazik Avdalyan the best Armenian sportswoman of 2009. Avdalyan won by a record 520 points.[2]
On April 26, 2010, Avdalyan got in a car crash on Yerevan-Gyumri motorway and was taken to Gyumri hospital. She had received multiple bone fractures and a spine injury. Advalyan was transferred to Yerevan's Erebuni medical centre for additional examination and underwent lumbar surgery on April 28.[3] After the rehabilitation process, Avdalyan said she will be able to compete in sports again in 2013.[4] After seven years of absence Avdalyan made a huge comeback and won a gold medal at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships.[5]
Nazik Avdalyan was married to former weightlifter Erik Karapetyan on June 9, 2012, in Yerevan, Armenia. The couple had been engaged for a long time but the wedding was delayed because of Avdalyan's car accident.[6] In November, Avdalyan gave birth to a boy, Vache՛.[7]
