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.

Yury Vlasov

Vlasov at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1935-12-05)5 December 1935 Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	13 February 2021(2021-02-13) (aged 85) Moscow, Russia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	125–136 kg (276–300 lb)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Coached by	Suren Bogdasarov[1]
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1960 Rome +90 kg 1964 Tokyo +90 kg World Weightlifting Championships 1959 Warsaw +90 kg 1961 Vienna +90 kg 1962 Budapest +90 kg 1963 Stockholm +90 kg 1964 Tokyo +90 kg European Weightlifting Championships 1959 Warsaw +90 kg 1960 Milan +90 kg 1961 Vienna +90 kg 1962 Budapest +90 kg 1963 Stockholm +90 kg 1964 Moscow +90 kg

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

1. Yury Vlasov: Training Session. chidlovski.net
2. Yury Vlasov. sports-reference.com
3. "Умер олимпийский чемпион по тяжелой атлетике Юрий Власов" (in Russian). ITAR-TASS. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.