Simon Martirosyan is an Armenian weightlifting champion who competes for his country. Born in 1997 in Haykashen, his height is 5 ft. 11 inches and weight is 240 lb. He initially competed in the -105 kg category and moved on to 109 kg when the IWF re-organised the categories.
At the age of just 17 Simon proved his ability winning a gold medal in the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing lifting 85 kg. Martirosyan held the youth world record for the snatch, clean and jerk and total in the -94 kg division before weight classes were changed in 2018.

One of Simon’s most significant achievements is winning a gold medal at the Olympic Games in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro in the -105 kg category. He has won a gold medal in the World Championships twice in the -109 kg category, in 2018 in Ashgabat and 2019 in Pattaya. In the European Championships 2016 he won a bronze medal in Forde in the -105 kg category. In 2017 in Split, he progressed to gold and again won gold in 2019 in Batumi in the -109 kg category. He is currently the world record holder in the Snatch, Clean and Jerk and total for the -109 kg category. In a poll on the IWF website he was voted second best weightlifter in the world.