BAKO SAHAKIAN AWARDED YURI VARDANIAN "MESROP MASHTOTS" MEDAL

AZG Armenian Daily
18/10/2008

Sport

An event dedicated to the well-known weight-lifter, Olympic, World and
Europe champion Yuri Vardanian was held recently in Stepanakert. As
NKR President’s staff information department informed Armenpress, at
the event NKR President Bako Sahakian awarded Yuri Vardanian "Mesrop
Mashtots" medal for his big contribution to development of sports.

NKR President welcomed the Master of Sports mentioning that he always
presented the Armenian people with dignity on the international
scene. He underlined that Yuri Vardanian continues to make a
contribution to the development and spreading of the Armenian sport.