Bulgaria · Men's 56 kg, July 1976
Norair Nurikyan
Norair Nurikyan (1948 to 2025) was a weightlifter from Bulgaria, with two Olympic gold medals. On record here: the medals at the Olympic Games of 1972 to 1976. Other competitions before 1998 are not listed.
- Olympic golds
- 2
- 1976 Olympic total
- 262.5 kg
Norair Nurikyan at the Olympic Games
Weight classes: 60 kg in 1972, 56 kg in 1976. The IWF changed its class list in January 1998.
Latest medal on record: 1976 Olympic Games, 18 July 1976, 56 kg, total 262.5 kg, place 1.
Norair Nurikyan by the numbers
How tall Norair Nurikyan was.
- Height
- 155 cm
- 5 ft 1 in.
Norair Nurikyan's Olympic medals
Medals at the Olympic Games, newest first, with the class and the place. The total is shown from 1976 on. Up to and including 1972 a total was made of more lifts than today's two: from 1928 the third was the press, in which the bar is pushed overhead from the shoulders with the arms alone, and the Games of 1920 and 1924 also counted one-hand lifts. Those totals are not shown. Results from other competitions before 1998 are not on record here.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Olympic Games 18 Jul 1976 | 1 | 262.5 | 56 kg | - | Attempts not recorded | |||||
| 1972 Olympic Games 27 Aug 1972 | 1 | not shown | 60 kg | - | No total shown (more than two lifts) | |||||
Compare Norair Nurikyan
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. These lifters lifted in nearby classes, in any year.