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Valery Shary

Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Men's weightlifting
Olympic Games
	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.

Biography

Shary 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. He also won the 1975 and 1976 World Championships in the same weight class.

George Eisen of Nazareth University included Shary on his list of Jewish Olympic Medalists (though he acknowledges that he may have included non-Jews). Eisen's list has been published and used in numerous other academia on Jews and Sports.

See also

• List of select Jewish weightlifters

References

1. Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: With a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 1-903900-87-5. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
2. "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Weightlifting" Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 23, 2008)
3. ^ Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists. Sussex Academic Press. 2004. ISBN 9781903900871. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
4. Siegman, Joseph. Jewish sports legends: the International Jewish Hall of Fame, p. 174. Brassey's, 2000. ISBN 1-57488-284-8. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
5. Eisen, George. "Jewish Olympic Medalists", International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
6. Mayer, Paul Yogi. "Valery+Shary" Jews and the Olympic Games – Sport: A Springboard for Minorities, p. 171. Vallentine Mitchell, 2004. ISBN 0-85303-451-6.
7. Jews and the Olympic Games:the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists by Paul Taylor
8. Jewish Sports Legends by Joseph Siegman
9. Jews and the Olympic Games – Sport: A Springboard for Minorities by Paul Yogi Mayer, 2000

External links

• Valery Shary at Lift Up
• Valery Shary at Olympedia

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