Yury Vlasov
Yury Petrovich Vlasov (Russian: Юрий Петрович Власов; 5 December 1935 – 13 February 2021) was a Soviet and Russian writer and heavyweight weightlifter and politician. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1960 and a silver in 1964. He retired in 1968.
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Born | Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 5 December 1935|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 February 2021 Moscow, Russia | (aged 85)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 125–136 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Suren Bogdasarov[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He was a member of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union (1989) and then of the Russian State Duma (1993) and took part in the 1996 Russian presidential election.[2]
Vlasov died of natural causes on 13 February 2021, in Moscow, Russia.[3]
References
- ↑ Yury Vlasov: Training Session. chidlovski.net
- ↑ Yury Vlasov. sports-reference.com
- ↑ (in ru) Умер олимпийский чемпион по тяжелой атлетике Юрий Власов. 13 February 2021. https://tass.ru/sport/10694135. Retrieved 13 February 2021.