Armenian-born super-heavyweight who at age 21 won Armenia's third silver at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in the +105 kg class with a 451 kg total (210 kg snatch, 241 kg clean & jerk).
Minasyan also won silver at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. He was World Championship bronze medalist in 2015 and silver medalist in 2018. He took silver at the 2016 and 2017 European Championships.
In 2022 Minasyan switched sporting allegiance to Bahrain and went on to win an Olympic bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Games for his adopted nation in the +102 kg category.