Arsen Melikyan (, born May 17, 1976) is an Armenian weightlifter. Melikyan won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics by snatching 365 kg. He became the first Olympian from the independent Republic of Armenia to win an Olympic bronze medal for weightlifting, a first for the country. Melikyan later won a bronze medal at the 2005 European Weightlifting Championships. References External links Arsen Melikyan at Lift Up 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Yerevan Armenian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Armenia Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Armenia Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics European Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Armenian people 21st-century Armenian people