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1976 Montreal | 75-82.5 kg |
Valery Shary (Belarusian: Валерый Пятровіч Шарый, born 2 January 1947) is a former Belarusian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.[1]
He was born in Chervyen.
Shary won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in light-heavyweight weightlifting, setting an Olympic record in the process.[2][3] He also won the 1975 and 1976 World Championships in the same weight class.[3]
Dr. George Eisen of Nazareth College included Shary on his list of Jewish Olympic Medalists (though he acknowledges that he may have included non-Jews).[3][4][5][6] Eisen's list has been published and used in numerous other academia on Jews and Sports[7][8][9]