Yury Vlasov

Yury Vlasov
Vlasov at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1935-12-05)5 December 1935
Makeyevka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died13 February 2021(2021-02-13) (aged 85)
Moscow, Russia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight125–136 kg (276–300 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Coached bySuren Bogdasarov[1]
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome +90 kg
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo +90 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1959 Warsaw +90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1961 Vienna +90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1962 Budapest +90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1963 Stockholm +90 kg
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo +90 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1959 Warsaw +90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1960 Milan +90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1961 Vienna +90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1962 Budapest +90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1963 Stockholm +90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1964 Moscow +90 kg

Yury Petrovich Vlasov (Russian: Юрий Петрович Власов; 5 December 1935 – 13 February 2021) 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.[2]

  1. ^ Yury Vlasov: Training Session. chidlovski.net
  2. ^ Yury Vlasov. sports-reference.com