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ATHLETE

Yurik Vardanyan

1956 - 2018

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Yuri Norayrovich Vardanyan (Russian: Юрий Норайрович Варданян; Armenian: Յուրի Վարդանյան, also transliterated Yurik Vardanian, 13 June 1956 – 1 November 2018) was a Soviet Armenian weightlifter. Vardanyan won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, becoming the world's first weightlifter to achieve a 400 kilogram total in the 82.5 kg weight category. During his career he set several world records. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yurik Vardanyan has received more than 142,565 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Yurik Vardanyan is the 677th most popular athlete (down from 637th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Armenia (down from 53rd in 2019) and the most popular Armenian Athlete.

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  • 140k

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  • 45.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yurik Vardanyan ranks 677 out of 3,059. Before him are Pino Dordoni, Gunder Hägg, Yevhen Arzhanov, Hiroshi Suzuki, Alexandros Chalkokondylis, and Hussein Ahmed Salah. After him are Adolf Wiklund, Walter Bathe, Tatyana Shchelkanova, Tatyana Anisimova, John Svanberg, and Danas Pozniakas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Yurik Vardanyan ranks 315. Before him are Velimir Zajec, Tomáš Šmíd, Edson Tavares, Hussein Ahmed Salah, Peter Hook, and Günther Jauch. After him are Steve Hogarth, Aleksandr Kaleri, Hernán Darío Gómez, Lounès Matoub, Lee Ranaldo, and Diane Warren. Among people deceased in 2018, Yurik Vardanyan ranks 333. Before him are Abdelmalek Benhabyles, Mac Miller, Fadil Vokrri, Al Matthews, Yelena Shushunova, and Charlotte Rae. After him are Ray Wilson, Vic Damone, Vladimír Weiss, Daniel Robin, Jo Jo White, and Viktor Kanevskyi.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Yurik Vardanyan ranks 66 out of 147. Before him are Tatevik Sazandaryan (1916), Ara Shiraz (1941), Vladimir Yengibaryan (1932), Hamo Beknazarian (1891), Axel Bakunts (1899), and Hamo Sahyan (1914). After him are Hasmik Papian (1961), Gevorg Emin (1919), Khoren Oganesian (1955), Robert Emmiyan (1965), Rafael Vaganian (1951), and Michel Der Zakarian (1963).

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Among ATHLETES In Armenia

Among athletes born in Armenia, Yurik Vardanyan ranks 1. After him are Robert Emmiyan (1965), Anna Chicherova (1982), Igor Tselovalnikov (1944), Ara Abrahamian (1975), Artur Ayvazyan (1973), Vitaliy Rahimov (1984), Nazik Avdalyan (1986), Hovhannes Davtyan (1983), Arsen Galstyan (1989), Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan (1988), and Hripsime Khurshudyan (1987).

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