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
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.

Vlasov died of natural causes on 13 February 2021, in Moscow, Russia.