Valery Shary (, born 2 January 1947) is a former Belarusian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union. Biography He 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. Dr. George Eisen of Nazareth College 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 External links 1947 births Living people People from Chervyen Belarusian male weightlifters Russian male weightlifters Soviet male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of the Soviet Union Weightlifters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Minsk Region