Rafael Chimishkyan

{{short description|Soviet weightlifter (1929–2022)}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's Weightlifting }}

{{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1952 Helsinki | -60 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 1950 Paris | -56 kg }}

{{MedalSilver | 1953 Stockholm | -60 kg }}

{{MedalGold | 1954 Vienna | -60 kg }}

{{MedalGold | 1955 Munich | -60 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1950 Paris | -56 kg }}

{{MedalGold | 1952 Helsinki | -60 kg }}

{{MedalSilver | 1953 Stockholm | -60 kg }}

{{MedalGold | 1954 Vienna | -60 kg }}

{{MedalGold | 1955 Munich | -60 kg }}

{{MedalGold | 1956 Helsinki | -60 kg }}

{{MedalGold | 1957 Katowice | -60 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition | USSR Weightlifting Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1949 Voronezh | -56 kg }}

{{MedalSilver | 1950 Kharkiv | -60 kg }}

{{MedalGold | 1951 Kaunas | -60 kg }}

{{MedalSilver | 1952 Ivanovo | -60 kg }}

{{MedalSilver | 1953 Tallinn | -60 kg }}

{{MedalGold | 1954 Petrozavodsk | -60 kg }}

{{MedalGold | 1955 Minsk | -60 kg }}

{{MedalBronze | 1956 Moscow | -60 kg }}

{{MedalSilver | 1957 Lviv | -60 kg }}

{{MedalSilver | 1958 Stalino | -60 kg }}

{{MedalGold | 1960 Leningrad | -60 kg }}

{{MedalBronze | 1962 Tbilisi | -60 kg }}

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Rafael Arkadyevich Chimishkyan ({{lang-ka|რაფაელ ჩიმიშკიანი}}, {{langx|ru|Рафаэль Аркадьевич Чимишкян}}; 23 March 1929 – 25 September 2022){{cite web|url=https://www.worldsport.ge/ge/page/222175_rafael-chimishkiani-gardaicvala |title=რაფაელ ჩიმიშკიანი გარდაიცვალა |language=ka |trans-title=Rafael Chimishkian died|website=worldsport.ge}}{{Cite news |last=Mackay |first=Duncan |date=26 September 2022 |title=Soviet Union Olympic weightlifting gold medallist dies at age of 93 |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128492/soviet-weightlifting-olympic-champ-dies |access-date=1 October 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. He was an honorary citizen of Tbilisi.