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'''Ihor Mykhaylovych Rybak''' ({{lang-ua|Ігор Михайлович Рибак}}, March 21, 1934 - September 28, 2005) was a former [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian]] [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]] and Olympic champion who competed for the [[Soviet Union]].[http://books.google.com/books?id=kkgOAQAAMAAJ&q=Ihor+Rybak+jewish&dq=Ihor+Rybak+jewish&hl=en&ei=4PNRTZ2-HMH68Aaw24HmCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw]
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'''Ihor Mykhaylovych Rybak''' ({{langx|uk|Ігор Михайлович Рибак}}, also spelled '''Igor Rybak''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Igor Rybak |url=https://www.olympic.org/igor-rybak |website=Olympic.org |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |access-date=2016-11-25}}</ref> 21 March 1934 – 28 September 2005) was a [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian]] [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]]. He competed for the [[Soviet Union]] 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.<ref name="google1">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kkgOAQAAMAAJ&q=Ihor+Rybak+jewish |author=Volodymyr Kubiĭovych, Danylo Husar Struk |title=Encyclopedia of Ukraine |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=1993 |isbn=9780802030092 |access-date=9 February 2011 |quote=Ihor Rybak}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ry/ihor-rybak-1.html |title=Ihor Rybak |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095925/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ry/ihor-rybak-1.html |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>[http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=223 IGOR RYBAK]. chidlovski.net</ref>
He was born in [[Kharkiv]].[http://books.google.com/books?id=kkgOAQAAMAAJ&q=Ihor+Rybak+jewish&dq=Ihor+Rybak+jewish&hl=en&ei=4PNRTZ2-HMH68Aaw24HmCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw]

Rybak won a gold medal at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] in [[Melbourne]] in the lightweight class.<ref name=db-ol1956-weightlifting>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=14&sp=WEI "1956 Summer Olympics - Melbourne, Australia - Weightlifting"] - ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 23, 2008)</ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=kkgOAQAAMAAJ&q=Ihor+Rybak+jewish&dq=Ihor+Rybak+jewish&hl=en&ei=4PNRTZ2-HMH68Aaw24HmCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw] He also won the 1956 [[European Weightlifting Championships|European middleweight Weightlifting Championship]]. In the late 1950s, he became a doctor.[http://books.google.com/books?id=kkgOAQAAMAAJ&q=Ihor+Rybak+jewish&dq=Ihor+Rybak+jewish&hl=en&ei=4PNRTZ2-HMH68Aaw24HmCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw]

Dr. George Eisen of [[Nazareth College (New York)|Nazareth College]] included Rybak on his list of Jewish Olympic Medalists, as did Joseph Siegman in ''Jewish sports legends: the International Jewish Hall of Fame''.<ref>Eisen, George. [http://www.jewishsports.net/medalists.htm "Jewish Olympic Medalists"], [[International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]]. Accessed February 2, 2011.</ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=oZxnNt28DhcC&pg=PA276&dq=Ihor+Rybak+jewish&hl=en&ei=4PNRTZ2-HMH68Aaw24HmCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CEYQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=rybak&f=false]

==See also==
*[[List of Jews in sports#Weightlifting|List of select Jewish weightlifters]]


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Latest revision as of 06:15, 5 December 2024

Ihor Rybak
Rybak (center) at the 1956 Olympics
Personal information
Born21 March 1934
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died28 September 2005 (aged 71)
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Sport
SportOlympic weightlifting
ClubAvanhard Kharkiv
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne -67.5 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1956 Helsinki -75 kg

Ihor Mykhaylovych Rybak (Ukrainian: Ігор Михайлович Рибак, also spelled Igor Rybak,[1] 21 March 1934 – 28 September 2005) was a Ukrainian weightlifter. He competed for the Soviet Union 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.[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Igor Rybak". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. ^ Volodymyr Kubiĭovych, Danylo Husar Struk (1993). Encyclopedia of Ukraine. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802030092. Retrieved 9 February 2011. Ihor Rybak
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ihor Rybak". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  4. ^ IGOR RYBAK. chidlovski.net
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