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Ihor Rybak

1934 - 2005

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Ihor Mykhaylovych Rybak (Ukrainian: Ігор Михайлович Рибак, also spelled Igor Rybak, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ihor Rybak is the 1,496th most popular athlete (up from 1,541st in 2019), the 867th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 922nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Ukrainian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ihor Rybak ranks 1,496 out of 6,025Before him are Erik Hansen, Herbert Schade, Józef Grudzień, Dexter Jackson, Göte Hagström, and Jan Wienese. After him are Herbert Lindström, Wilson Kiprugut, Mary Carew, Vilmos Varjú, Eero Kolehmainen, and Romas Ubartas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Ihor Rybak ranks 451Before him are Robert Siatka, Timothy West, Gerry Hitchens, Stanley Turrentine, Bengt Nilsson, and Horacio Accavallo. After him are Jaime Belmonte, Diane di Prima, Gábor Novák, John N. Bahcall, Jamie Farr, and Victor Argo. Among people deceased in 2005, Ihor Rybak ranks 294Before him are Lane Smith, Parveen Babi, Josef Holeček, Bruno Manser, Nirmal Verma, and James Stockdale. After him are John N. Bahcall, Enric Gensana, Matthew McGrory, Maria Vierdag, Jim Capaldi, and Atef Sedky.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Ihor Rybak ranks 867 out of 1,365Before him are Ivan Borkovský (1897), Viktor Matviyenko (1948), Krystyna Feldman (1916), Leonid Bartenyev (1933), Oleksandr Zinchenko (1996), and Ivan Bohdan (1928). After him are Tatyana Prorochenko (1952), Igor Plotnitsky (1964), Alexandra Marinina (1957), Irina Kirichenko (1937), Sidney Fox (1907), and Dmytro Yarosh (1971).

Among ATHLETES In Ukraine

Among athletes born in Ukraine, Ihor Rybak ranks 24Before him are Vladimír Syrovátka (1908), Mária Gulácsy (1941), Wiesław Maniak (1938), Valeriy Pidluzhnyy (1952), Taisia Chenchik (1936), and Leonid Bartenyev (1933). After him are Tatyana Prorochenko (1952), Irina Kirichenko (1937), Nina Dumbadze (1919), John Kelly (null), Yulia Ryabchinskaya (1947), and Rudolf Plyukfelder (1928).