Nazik Avdalian, World weightlifting champ, today becomes 26 years old.
She was born in October 31, 1986, in Gyumri city, Armenia.
Avdalyan won a gold medal at the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships and she 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.
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.
On April 26, 2010, Avdalyan got in a car accident on Yerevan-Gyumri highway and was taken to Gyumri hospital. She had received multiple bone fractures and a spine injury. Advalyan was transferred to Yerevan’s Erebuni medical center for additional examination and underwent lumbar surgery on April 28. After the rehabilitation process, Avdalyan said that she will be able to compete in sports again in 2013.
Workers of our News Agency congratulate Avdalyan on her birthday and wish success and health.