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'''Ihor Mykhaylovych Rybak''' ({{lang-ua|Ігор Михайлович Рибак}}, March 21, 1934 – September 28, 2005) was a [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian]] [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]] and Olympic champion who competed for the [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="google1">{{cite book|url=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 |author=Volodymyr Kubiĭovych, Danylo Husar Struk|title=Encyclopedia of Ukraine |publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=1993|accessdate=February 9, 2011}}</ref> |
'''Ihor Mykhaylovych Rybak''' ({{lang-ua|Ігор Михайлович Рибак}}, March 21, 1934 – September 28, 2005) was a [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian]] [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]] and Olympic champion who competed for the [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="google1">{{cite book|url=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 |author=Volodymyr Kubiĭovych, Danylo Husar Struk|title=Encyclopedia of Ukraine |publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=1993|accessdate=February 9, 2011}}</ref> |
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He was born in [[Kharkiv]].<ref name="google1"/> |
He was born in [[Kharkiv]].<ref name="google1"/> Rybak represented [[Avanhard (sports society)|Avanhard]] sports society. |
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Rybak won a gold medal at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] in [[Melbourne]] in the lightweight class.<ref name="google1"/><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> He also won the 1956 [[European Weightlifting Championships|European middleweight Weightlifting Championship]]. In the late 1950s, he became a doctor.<ref name="google1"/> |
Rybak won a gold medal at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] in [[Melbourne]] in the lightweight class.<ref name="google1"/><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> He also won the 1956 [[European Weightlifting Championships|European middleweight Weightlifting Championship]]. In the late 1950s, he became a doctor.<ref name="google1"/> |
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Ihor Mykhaylovych Rybak (Template:Lang-ua, March 21, 1934 – September 28, 2005) was a Ukrainian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.[1]
He was born in Kharkiv.[1] Rybak represented Avanhard sports society.
Rybak won a gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne in the lightweight class.[1][2] He also won the 1956 European middleweight Weightlifting Championship. In the late 1950s, he became a doctor.[1]
Dr. George Eisen of 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.[3][4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Volodymyr Kubiĭovych, Danylo Husar Struk (1993). Encyclopedia of Ukraine. University of Toronto Press. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Weightlifting" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 23, 2008)
- ^ Eisen, George. "Jewish Olympic Medalists", International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
- ^ Joseph Siegman (2000). Jewish sports legends: the International Jewish Hall of Fame. Brassey's. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
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