Yurik Vardanian

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Olympic medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Gold 1980 Moscow Light-heavyweight

Yurik Norairovich Vardanian (Russian: Юрик Норайрович Варданян, born June 13, 1956 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR[1]) is a former Olympic weightlifter for the USSR. He trained at Lokomotiv in Leninakan.

Vardanyan won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, becoming the world's first weightlifter to achieve 400 point totals in 82.5 kg weight category. During his career he set multiple World Records. He earned the title Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1977 and was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1985. Since 1991 Vardanyan lives in the United States.[1]

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  • Senior World Champion (1977-79, 1981, 1983, and 1985)[1]
  • Silver Medalist in Senior World Championships (1982)
  • Senior European Champion (1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, and 1983)[1]
  • Silver Medalist in Senior European Championships (1982 and 1984)
  • All-time Senior World record holder in total (405kg competing at 82.5kg)
  • Multiple Senior World record holder in total (1978-84)[1]
  • USSR Champion (1977, 1979-82)[1]

I. Sosnovsky (1982). Yurik Vardanian, Heroes of the Olympic Games (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 

  1. ^ a b c d e f Great Russian Encyclopedia (2006), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya Enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 2, pp. 601-602

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