Yurik Vardanyan
Soviet-Armenian weightlifter
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Yuri 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... Wikipedia
Born: June 13, 1956, Gyumri, Armenia
Died: November 1, 2018 (age 62 years), United States
Height: 5′ 7″
Children: Norayr Vardanyan
Nationality: American, Armenian, and Soviet