Norik Vardanian (Norayr Vardanyan)
Personal information
Born (1987-05-15) 15 May 1987
Leninakan, Armenian SSR, USSR
Weight94 kg (207 lb; 14.8 st)
Sport
Country Armenia
 USA
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Disqualified2015 Toronto94 kg
Pan American Championships
Disqualified2009 Chicago94 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 (1956-2018).[1]

Vardanian initially won the bronze medal in the 94 kg class at the 2009 Pan American Weightlifting Championships but was later disqualified after testing positive for cannabis.[2][3]

He competed for Armenia in the 94 kg weight class at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he placed 11th.[4] 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.[5] On 12 January 2017 it was confirmed that because of a doping violation he had been disqualified from the 2012 Olympic Games.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Լոնդոն-2012. Հայ օլիմպիականները. Նորայր Վարդանյան (in Armenian). sport.news.am. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Results by Events | International Weightlifting Federation". Archived from the original on 2012-08-02.
  3. ↑ "Sanctions – International Weightlifting Federation".
  4. ↑ "Armenia at the 2012 London Summer Games". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  5. ↑ International Weightlifting Federation (6 October 2016). "PUBLIC DISCLOSURE". Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  6. ↑ "IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". IOC. Retrieved 12 January 2017.


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