The 2009 World Championships were held in Goyang, South Korea on 20–29 November. Armenia produced one of its strongest World Championship campaigns, finishing 4th in the medal table with 1 gold and 2 silver.
The highlight was Nazik Avdalyan's gold in the women's 69 kg class with a 266 kg total — Armenia's first female World Champion in weightlifting. Tigran G. Martirosyan took silver in the men's 77 kg class (370 kg) and Arakel Mirzoyan silver in the 69 kg class (334 kg).