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In the hospitals, doctors always wash their hands before surgeries. In Olympic weightlifting, athletes always chalk their hands before lifting weights at the competitions. Presenting more episodes of our retro “weightlifting chalkathon” series within...
July 30, 2021 – One of the most impressive weightlifters of the 1970s, World and European champion, world records holder, Gennady Ivanchenko of Riga, Latvia celebrates his 75th Birthday today. Ivanchenko’s list of sports...
History in Color: July 21, 1971, Moscow, Russia – The first light heavyweight in the club 500, World Champion, Gennady Ivanchenko of Riga, Latvia is pressing heavy on his way to a gold medal...
History in Color: One of the most memorable Soviet athletes of the 1970s, Gennady Ivanchenko is getting ready for a snatch lift competing for the Dynamo Club of Riga Latvia at the local meet....
History in Color: September 17, 1970, Columbus, Ohio, USA – Soviet light heavyweight Gennady Ivanchenko of Riga, Latvia wins the World title in the 82.5 kg at the 1970 World Championships in Columbus. Ivanchenko...
History in Color: December 18, 1969, Lvov, Ukraine – Coach of Dinamo (Riga) Michael Freifeld is preparing 23-year light heavyweight Gennady Ivanchenko, also of Riga, Latvia, before attempting to clean-and-jerk a world record in...
History in Color: July 21, 1971, Moscow, Russia – World Champion, the first light heavyweight member of the club 500, Gennady Ivanchenko of Riga, Latvia wins a gold medal with a 500kg (170+147.5+182.5) total...
History in Color features one of the Team CCCP weightlifting greats, World champion and the 1st light heavyweight to reach the 500kg mark in total, Gennady Ivanchenko of Riga, Latvia performing pulls (mid-width grip)...
On the History in Color cover, one of the most memorable athletes of the 1970s, World and European Champion, USSR Champion, author of many world records and the first light heavyweight in the Club...
History in Color: Gennady Ivanchenko (b. 1946) of the Dinamo Club in Riga, Latvia World and European Champion, USSR Champion, author of many world records and the first light heavyweight in the world that...
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