Ihor Mykhaylovych Rybak ( ua, Ігор Михайлович Рибак, also spelled Igor Rybak, 21 March 1934 – 28 September 2005) was a
Ukrainian
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weightlifter
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. He competed for the
Soviet Union
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twice, at the
1956 Summer Olympics and 1956 European Championships. On both occasions he won ahead of
Ravil Khabutdinov. Due to the severe competition within the Soviet Union, Rybak never won a national title, and by 1960 was left out of the national team. In retirement he worked in sports medicine.
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1934 births
2005 deaths
Sportspeople from Kharkiv
Ukrainian male weightlifters
Soviet male weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters of the Soviet Union
Weightlifters at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Avanhard (sports society) sportspeople
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
European Weightlifting Championships medalists
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