Artur Vladimirovich Akoyev (; born 2 January 1966 in

Digora Digora (; , ''Digoræ'') is a town and the administrative center of Digorsky District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia, located on the Ursdon River (left tributary of the Terek), northwest of the republic's capital Vladikav ...

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) is a Russian

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. He won a silver medal in the heavyweight class at the

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* * * 1966 births Living people Russian male weightlifters Soviet male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for the Unified Team Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team Olympic medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Weightlifting Championships medalists People from Digorsky District Sportspeople from North Ossetia–Alania 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-Olympic-medalist-stub