Yurik Vardanyan
Soviet weightlifter
Yuri Norayrovich Vardanyan (Russian: Юрий Норайрович Варданян; Armenian: Յուրի Վարդանյան, also transliterated Yurik Vardanian, 13 June 1956 – 1 November 2018) was a Soviet-Armenian weightlifter.[1][2]
Vardanyan won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, becoming the world's first weightlifter to win a 400 kilogram total in the 82.5 kg weight category. During his career he set several world records. He was born in Leninakan, Soviet Union (now Gyumri, Armenia).
In 1994 he was elected member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.[3]
On 2 April 2009 he was appointed as President Serzh Sargsyan's adviser.[4][5]
Vardanyan in Yerevan, Armenia on 1 November 2018 from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 89.[6]
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