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Yury Vlasov: Soviet weightlifter (1935–2021).
Born in Makiivka (died at age 85).
4 awards including Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR.
Stands 6′1″ tall.
AWARDS (4)
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Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
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Order of Lenin
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Order of the Badge of Honour
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Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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Biography
Yury Petrovich Vlasov was a Soviet and Russian heavyweight weightlifter, writer and politician. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1960 and a silver in 1964; at both games, he was the Olympic flag bearer for the Soviet Union. During his career, Vlasov won four world titles and set 31 ratified world records. He retired in 1968 and became a prominent writer and later a politician. 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.
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