weightlifter
lightheavyweight class
Rafael CHIMISHKYAN, USSR Weightlifter, lightheavyweight class. Honoured Master of Sport of USSR; Helsinki Olympic Champion, 1952; World Champion of Vienna, 1954, and at Munich, 1955; European Champion at Helsinki, 1956, and at Katowice, 1957.
Career
At 1950 World Championship in Paris placed 2nd in world listing and won gold medal and European Champion title in bantamweight class. 1960 placed first in USSR Individual Championship at Leningrad.