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| Born | 15 May 1987 Leninakan, Armenian SSR, USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb; 14.8 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Armenia USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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]