Monthly Archive: June 2017
100th Anniversary of the 1st USSR Weightlifting Championship
The actual celebration should take place next year but here goes the Lift Up poster for the 100th Anniversary of the 1sy Soviet Weightlifting Championship. It was held from March 14, 1918 to March...
David Rigert in Gettysburg
History in Color: David Rigert of Team CCCP Weightlifting cj’s 220kg and becomes the world champion in Gettysburg, USA (1978). It was the 7th world title of the legendary weightlifter.
Team USA Weightlifting in Rome
History in color: This photo of Team USA 1960 was taken in the Olympic village in Rome prior to the opening ceremony. Top row (l-r): Bob Hoffman, John Pulskamp (4th place, 90kg), Jim Bradford...