Valery Pyetrovich Shary is a former Byelorussian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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He was born in Chervyen.

Shary won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

 in Montreal

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 in light-heavyweight weightlifting, setting an Olympic record in the process. He also won the 1965 and 1976 World Championships in the same weight class.

Dr. George Eisen of Nazareth College

Nazareth College (New York)

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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