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Yury Petrovich Vlasov (Russian: Юрий Петрович Власов; 5 December 1935 – 13 February 2021) was a 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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GenderMale
Birthday1935-12-05
Deathday2021-02-13 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceMakiivka, Ukraine
FatherPeter Vladimirov
CitizenshipsRussia
Also Known AsЮрий Власов, Iouri Vlasov, Iouri Vlassov
AwardsOrder of Lenin, Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR
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