Norayr Vardanyan

Norik Vardanian (Norayr Vardanyan)
Personal information
Born (1987-05-15) 15 May 1987
Leninakan, Armenian SSR, USSR
Weight 94 kg (207 lb; 14.8 st)
Sport
Country  Armenia
 USA
Sport Weightlifting
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto94 kg

Norayr (Norik) Vardanyan (Armenian: Նորայր Վարդանյան, born 15 May 1987 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian and American weightlifter.

Norayr is the son of legendary Soviet weightlifter Yurik Vardanyan.[1] He competed for Armenia in the 94 kg weight class at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he placed 11th.[2] He was also the Silver Medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games.

On 6 October 2016, the IWF reported that as a consequence of the IOC's reanalyses of samples from the 2012 Olympic Games, a sample produced by Norayr Vardanyan, who represented Armenia, had returned a positive result. In line with the relevant rules and regulations, the IWF imposed a mandatory provisional suspension upon Vardanyan, who will remain provisionally suspended until his case is closed.[3] On 12 January 2017 it was confirmed that because of a doping violation he had been disqualified from the 2012 Olympic Games.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Լոնդոն-2012. Հայ օլիմպիականները. Նորայր Վարդանյան (in Armenian). sport.news.am. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Armenia at the 2012 London Summer Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  3. ↑ International Weightlifting Federation (6 October 2016). "PUBLIC DISCLOSURE". Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  4. ↑ "IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". IOC. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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