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Yurik Vardanyan

1956 - 2018

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Yuri (Yurik) Norayrovich Vardanyan (Russian: Юрий (Юрик) Норайрович Варданян; Armenian: Յուրի (Յուրիկ) Վարդանյան, also transliterated Yuri (Yurik) Vardanian, 13 June 1956 – 1 November 2018) 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 several world records. He trained at Lokomotiv in Leninakan, Armenia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yurik Vardanyan is the 1,025th most popular athlete (down from 468th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Armenia (down from 62nd in 2019) and the most popular Armenian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yurik Vardanyan ranks 1,025 out of 6,025. Before him are Yelena Gorchakova, Lily Carlstedt, Richard Murphy, Akilles Järvinen, Charles Marion, and Masaru Furukawa. After him are William Varley, Hanns Braun, Nils Skoglund, Niger at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Judo, Burton Jastram, and Gabriele Reinsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Yurik Vardanyan ranks 345. Before him are Tim Daly, Peter Hook, Peter Farrelly, Amitav Ghosh, Cris Morena, and Robert H. McNaught. After him are Eike Batista, Howard Davis Jr., Sunny Deol, Tony Gilroy, Arthur Golden, and Meena Keshwar Kamal. Among people deceased in 2018, Yurik Vardanyan ranks 359. Before him are Jacques Higelin, Kader Khan, David Cherkassky, Daniel Robin, Shinobu Sekine, and Helena Almeida. After him are Lucho Gatica, Leo Falcam, Glenn Branca, Daša Drndić, Theo-Ben Gurirab, and Yelena Shushunova.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Yurik Vardanyan ranks 66 out of 163. Before him are Vladimir Yengibaryan (1932), Paruyr Sevak (1924), Khoren Oganesian (1955), Momik (1300), Edmond Keosayan (1936), and Ara Shiraz (1941). After him are Rafael Vaganian (1951), Robert Emmiyan (1965), Paruyr Hayrikyan (1949), Axel Bakunts (1899), Igor Tselovalnikov (1944), and Hrant Shahinyan (1923).

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Among ATHLETES In Armenia

Among athletes born in Armenia, Yurik Vardanyan ranks 1. After him are Robert Emmiyan (1965), Igor Tselovalnikov (1944), Anna Chicherova (1982), Oksen Mirzoyan (1961), Ara Abrahamian (1975), Artur Ayvazyan (1973), Sergei Alifirenko (1959), Vitaliy Rahimov (1984), Hripsime Khurshudyan (1987), Dmitry Volkov (null), and Gevorg Davtyan (1983).

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