ATHLETE

Rafael Chimishkyan

1929 - 2022

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Rafael Arkadyevich Chimishkyan (Georgian: რაფაელ ჩიმიშკიანი, Russian: Рафаэль Аркадьевич Чимишкян; 23 March 1929 – 25 September 2022) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Chimishkyan has received more than 22,686 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Rafael Chimishkyan is the 466th most popular athlete (up from 577th in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 185th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Georgian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Rafael Chimishkyan ranks 466 out of 6,025. Before him are Hiroki Ito, Lyudmila Bragina, Victor Willems, Patrik Sjöberg, Gergely Kulcsár, and Sotirios Versis. After him are Arthur Russell, Georg Åberg, John Kuck, Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, Mel Sheppard, and John Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Rafael Chimishkyan ranks 328. Before him are Chi Haotian, André Darrigade, Desmond Hoyte, Nina Ponomaryova, Anatoly Kuznetsov, and Henri Pousseur. After him are Halyna Sevruk, Azzeddine Laraki, Lúcio Lara, Carlo Clerici, Mikhail Simonov, and Jeremy Thorpe. Among people deceased in 2022, Rafael Chimishkyan ranks 316. Before him are Taylor Hawkins, Lidiya Alfeyeva, Greg Bear, Rodri, Wilko Johnson, and John Steiner. After him are Michael Sela, Yoshishige Yoshida, Shivkumar Sharma, Halyna Sevruk, Piero Angela, and Mickey Kuhn.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Rafael Chimishkyan ranks 194 out of 406. Before him are Mikhail Tskhakaya (1865), Edvard Mirzoyan (1921), Vakhtang III (1278), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (2001), Besiki (1750), and Kote Marjanishvili (1872). After him are Anzor Kavazashvili (1940), Givi Javakhishvili (1912), Oleksii Arestovych (1975), Fyodor Yurchikhin (1959), Giorgi Kvirikashvili (1967), and Revaz Gabriadze (1936).

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Among ATHLETES In Georgia

Among athletes born in Georgia, Rafael Chimishkyan ranks 2. Before him are Robert Shavlakadze (1933). After him are Givi Kartozia (1929), Wang Yi (null), Keto Losaberidze (1949), Medea Jugeli (1925), Lasha Talakhadze (1993), Nino Salukvadze (1969), Vladimer Aptsiauri (1962), Nodar Kumaritashvili (1988), Boris Kokorev (1959), and Ramaz Paliani (1973).

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