Ihor Mykhaylovych Rybak (, also spelled Igor Rybak, 21 March 1934 – 28 September 2005) was a Ukrainian

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

. He competed for the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

twice, at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

and 1956 European Championships. On both occasions he won ahead of

Ravil Khabutdinov Ravil Nezamovich Khabutdinov (; 15 December 1928 – 1 November 1997) was a weightlifter from Russia. He started training in weightlifting in 1948 while serving in the Soviet Army. In 1956, he finished third at the national championships, but was ...

. 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.IGOR RYBAK
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* 1934 births 2005 deaths Sportspeople from Kharkiv Ukrainian male weightlifters Soviet male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for 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 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub