YEREVAN, AUGUST 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The famous Armenian weightlifter Israel Militosian (Gyumri) turned 40 on August 25. He has been a champion and prize-winner of the USSR, the world, European champonships and Olympic Games. As a member of the USSR Olympic team he won a silver medal at the Seoul Olympic Games and became a champion of the Barcelona Olympic Games. I. Militosian is an Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. He is currently the director of the Gyumri weighlifting school of the RA ministry of sport and youth issues.

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