Career
Armen had a successful junior career. He competed for his native country Armenia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing in fourth place in the men"s featherweight (62 kg) division. Though Ghazaryan lifted a total of 295 kg, the same as the bronze medalist, he took fourth place due to a personal weight difference.
He also came in second on the clean & jerk at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships.
In May 2008 he became a Russian citizen and began representing Russia. He still remained close with his friends on the Armenian national weightlifting team
