Ara Khachatryan is an Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

n weightlifter.

Khachatryan participated in the men's -77 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships

2006 World Weightlifting Championships

The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held at the Handball Pavilion and Weightlifting Pavilion Dr. José Joaquín Puello in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...

 and won the bronze medal, finishing behind Taner Sagir

Taner Sagir

Taner Sağır is a Turkish world and Olympic weightlifting champion. Coming to Athens as holder of all the junior world records, he broke, at age of 19 only, Olympic records in the category –77 kg snatch, clean and jerk and total, and became so the youngest Olympic champion in the...

 and Li Hongli

Li Hongli

Li Hongli is a Chinese weightlifter. He is 168 cm tall.At the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships, Li Hongli won the bronze medal in the 77 kg category, with a total of 352.5 kg, after Gevorg Davtyan was tested positive for banned substances and lost his silver medal.Li competed...

. He snatched

Snatch (weightlifting)

The snatch is one of the two olympic weightlifting events .The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage at which point the barbell is flipped overhead...

 165 kg and clean and jerk

Clean and jerk

The clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...

ed an additional 192 kg for a total of 357 kg, 4 kg behind winner Sagir.

At the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships

2008 European Weightlifting Championships

The 2008 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy from 11 April to 20 April 2008. It was the 87th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medals tables:...

 he won the silver medal in the 77 kg category, with a total of 361 kg.
At the 2010 European Weightlifting Championships

2010 European Weightlifting Championships

The 2010 European Weightlifting Championships was held in Minsk, Belarus from 2 April to 11 April 2010. It was the 89th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.-Men:-Women:- Medals tables :...

he won the silver medal in the 85 kg category, with a total of 368 kg.
His trainer was Ashot Mkhitaryan who died 23.05.2010.