 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1991, Sarkisyan akaenderera mberi nekusimudza uremu zvakare. Nokukurumidza akanga atanga kukwikwidza nokuda kwenyika yokumusha kwake yeArmenia, iyo yakawana rusununguko rwayo kubva kuSoviet Union gore iroro. Yurik Sarkisyan akasarudzwa mutungamiri wechikwata chenyika nokuda kwe 1993 World Weightlifting ChampionshipsMuMelbourne. Akakunda menduru yebronze mumutambo wacho. Pashure pacho, Sarkisyan akakokwa kuti agare muAustralia nevakuru vakuru veAustralia vanosimudza uremu uye akazoitwa mugari wenyika yeAustralia. Akasaina chibvumirano neAustralia Weightlifting Federation uye gare gare akakwikwidza kuAustralia. Sarkisyan akamiririra nyika ino kumaOlympics eZhizha 1996 muAtlanta uye 2000 Summer Olympics muSydney, achiuya panzvimbo yechinomwe neyepfumbamwe, zvichiteerana. Sarkisyan akakwikwidzawo paCommonwealth Games muna 1998 na2002. Akakunda menduru yesirivha muna 1998 uye, pazera remakore 41, akakunda menduru yegoridhe muna 2002. 