He received the Honoured Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2006.

Mel Daluzyan started weight training in 2002 under the leadership of Artashes Nersisyan, competing in women's categories as Meline Daluzyan prior to his gender transition.

Daluzyan won a bronze medal at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships.

He became the first weightlifter from Armenia to win a World medal in the female category.

Daluzyan was set to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but he suffered an acute attack of pancreatitis two weeks before the Olympics and was forced to withdraw from the competition.