Yurik Vardanyan
Soviet weightlifter (1956-2018) · Armenia · On the map · Athletes · Died at 62
Yuri (Yurik) Norayrovich Vardanyan was a Soviet Armenian weightlifter. Vardanyan won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, becoming the world's first weightlifter to achieve a 400 kilogram total in the 82.5 kg weight category. During his career he set 41 world records. He trained at Lokomotiv in Leninakan, Armenia.
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He earned the title Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1977 and was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1985. In 1994 he was elected a member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.
