Valery Shary (Belarusian: Валерый Пятровіч Шарый, born 2 January 1947) is a former Belarusian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.

Shary won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in light-heavyweight weightlifting, setting an Olympic record in the process.

[3] George Eisen of Nazareth University included Shary on his list of Jewish Olympic Medalists (though he acknowledges that he may have included non-Jews).

[3][4][5][6] Eisen's list has been published and used in numerous other academia on Jews and Sports.

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