- Norair Nurikyan
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Olympic medal record Competitor for the 
BulgariaMen's Weightlifting Olympic Games Gold 1972 Munich -60 kg Gold 1976 Montreal -56 kg Norair Nurikyan (Bulgarian: Норайр Нурикян, born July 26, 1948) was a Bulgarian weightlifter of Armenian origin.
In 1994 he was elected member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.[1]
Weightlifting achievements
- Olympic champion - 1972, 1976;[2]
- World champion - 1972, 1976;
- Silver medalist in World Championships - 1973;
- Bronze medalist in World Championships - 1971, 1974;
- European champion - 1976;
- Silver medalist in European Championships - 1972, 1973;
- Bronze medalist in European Championships - 1969, 1974;
- Set four world records during his career.[3]
References
- ^ "Weightlifting Hall of Fame". International Weightlifting Federation. http://www.iwf.net/iwf/organization/members.php. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ "Norair Nurikyan". databaseolympics.com. http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=NURIKNOR01. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ^ "Norair Nurikian". Lift Up. http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=188. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
Olympic Champions in Weightlifting Featherweight 1920–1936: –60 kg, 1948–1992: 56–60 kg, 1996: 59–64 kg, 2000–2008: 56–62 kg1920: Frans De Haes • 1924: Pierino Gabetti • 1928: Franz Andrysek • 1932: Raymond Suvigny • 1936: Anthony Terlazzo • 1948: Mahmoud Fayad • 1952: Rafael Chimishkyan • 1956: Isaac Berger • 1960: Yevgeny Minayev • 1964+1968: Yoshinobu Miyake • 1972: Norair Nurikyan • 1976: Nikolay Kolesnikov • 1980: Viktor Mazin • 1984: Chen Weiqiang • 1988: Naim Süleymanoğlu • 1992: Naim Süleymanoğlu • 1996: Naim Süleymanoğlu • 2000: Nikolay Pechalov • 2004: Shi Zhiyong • 2008: Zhang Xiangxiang1948–1968: –56 kg, 1972–1992: 52–56 kg, 1996: 54–59 kg, 2000-: -56 kg1948: Joseph DePietro • 1952: Ivan Udodov • 1956: Charles Vinci • 1960: Charles Vinci • 1964: Aleksey Vakhonin • 1968: Mohammad Nassiri • 1972: Imre Földi • 1976: Norair Nurikyan • 1980: Daniel Núñez • 1984: Wu Shude • 1988: Oksen Mirzoyan • 1992: Chun Byung-Kwan • 1996: Tang Lingsheng • 2000: Halil Mutlu • 2004: Halil Mutlu • 2008: Long QingquanCategories:- 1948 births
- Living people
- Bulgarian weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters of Bulgaria
- Weightlifters at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria
- Bulgarian Armenians
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- European weightlifting biography stubs
- Bulgarian Olympic medalist stubs
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