Ihor Mykhaylovych Rybak ( ua, Ігор Михайлович Рибак, also spelled Igor Rybak, 21 March 1934 – 28 September 2005) was a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

. He competed for the

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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.IGOR RYBAK
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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 {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub