Yurik Vardanyan
Olympic athlete
1956 –
Who is Yurik Vardanyan?
Yurik Vardanyan is a former 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 several world records. He trained at Lokomotiv in Leninakan, Armenia. 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 member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.
In 2009 Vardanyan became President Serzh Sargsyan's adviser and was appointed Minister of Sports in May 2013.
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- Born
- Jun 13, 1956
Gyumri - Children
- Nationality
- Armenia
- United States of America
- Soviet Union
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on July 23, 2013
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