Actor
Born Dec 5, 1935 · Makiivka, Ukraine
6′1″ (185 cm) · Awards: Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Badge of Honour, Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
Yury Petrovich Vlasov was a Soviet and Russian heavyweight weightlifter, writer and politician. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1960 and a silver in 1964; at both games, he was the Olympic flag bearer for…