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| image          = Yury Vlasov 1960.jpg
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| caption        = Vlasov at the 1960 Olympics
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| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1935|12|5|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Makiivka]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] 
| death_date     = {{death date and age|2021|2|13|1935|12|5|df=y}}
| death_place    = Moscow, Russia
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| weight         = 125–136 kg
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| sport          = Weightlifting
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| coach          = Suren Bogdasarov<ref>[http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/e_movie_theater.asp?vclip=36 Yury Vlasov: Training Session]. chidlovski.net</ref>
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{{MedalSilver|[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]|[[Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's +90 kg|+90 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Weightlifting Championships]]}}
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{{MedalGold|[[1961 World Weightlifting Championships|1961 Vienna]]|+90 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[1962 World Weightlifting Championships|1962 Budapest]]|+90 kg}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[European Weightlifting Championships]]}}
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{{MedalGold|1961 Vienna|+90 kg}}
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'''Yury Petrovich Vlasov''' ({{lang-ru|Юрий Петрович Власов}}; 5 December 1935 – 13 February 2021) was a Soviet and Russian writer and heavyweight [[Olympic weightlifting|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.

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]].<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162028/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vl/yury-vlasov-1.html Yury Vlasov]. sports-reference.com</ref>

Vlasov died of natural causes on 13 February 2021, in Moscow, Russia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Умер олимпийский чемпион по тяжелой атлетике Юрий Власов |url=https://tass.ru/sport/10694135 |access-date=13 February 2021 |agency=ITAR-TASS |date=13 February 2021 |language=ru}}</ref>

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[[Category:1935 births]]
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[[Category:Members of the State Duma]]
[[Category:Russian writers]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:People from Donetsk Oblast]]

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