They Were the First Ones
History in Color: 7x USSR Champion Mitrofan Kosarev (1911-2005) and 11x USSR Champion Nikolay Shatov (1909-1992). They were the great pioneers of the Soviet Olympic weightlifting in the 1930s and 1940s. The original b/w...
History in Color: 7x USSR Champion Mitrofan Kosarev (1911-2005) and 11x USSR Champion Nikolay Shatov (1909-1992). They were the great pioneers of the Soviet Olympic weightlifting in the 1930s and 1940s. The original b/w...
One of all-time greatest Olympic weightlifters in the history of this sport, Mohammad Nassiri of Iran performs a snatch lift. Mohammad Nassiri competed at 4 Summer Olympics (1964, 1968, 1972, 1976). He won gold...
History in Color: Eduard Brovko (1936-1998) competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1963 World Championship in Stockholm. World class weightlifter Eduard Brovko became an outstanding coach after ending his career as an...