Rafael Chimishkyan

Rafael Chimishkyan
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki -60 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1950 Paris -56 kg
Silver medal – second place 1953 Stockholm -60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1954 Vienna -60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1955 Munich -60 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1950 Paris -56 kg
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki -60 kg
Silver medal – second place 1953 Stockholm -60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1954 Vienna -60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1955 Munich -60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1956 Helsinki -60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1957 Katowice -60 kg
USSR Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1949 Voronezh -56 kg
Silver medal – second place 1950 Kharkiv -60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1951 Kaunas -60 kg
Silver medal – second place 1952 Ivanovo -60 kg
Silver medal – second place 1953 Tallinn -60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1954 Petrozavodsk -60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1955 Minsk -60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Moscow -60 kg
Silver medal – second place 1957 Lviv -60 kg
Silver medal – second place 1958 Stalino -60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1960 Leningrad -60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Tbilisi -60 kg

Rafael Arkadyevich Chimishkyan (Georgian: რაფაელ ჩიმიშკიანი, Russian: Рафаэль Аркадьевич Чимишкян; 23 March 1929 – 25 September 2022)[1][2] was a Georgian weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union and Olympic, World, European and Soviet Champion. Chimishkyan was awarded the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR title in 1952. He was an honorary citizen of Tbilisi.

  1. ^ "რაფაელ ჩიმიშკიანი გარდაიცვალა" [Rafael Chimishkian died]. worldsport.ge (in Georgian).
  2. ^ Mackay, Duncan (26 September 2022). "Soviet Union Olympic weightlifting gold medallist dies at age of 93". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 1 October 2022.