Daily Archive: December 27, 2017
16-year old schoolboy from Bulgaria, Naim Suleymanov competes at the international tournament in the early 1983. In a few years, the media will nickname him as Pocket Hercules. Naim Suleymanoglu (1967-2017) was the first...
The History in Color cover photo depicts legendary Belgian super heavyweight Serge Reding competing at the international tournaments in Moscow, USSR. Serge Reding needs no special introduction for anyone who followed the history of...
May 13, 1980, Moscow – Alexander Senshin of Voroshilovgrad, Ukraine clean-and-jerks 142.5 kg at the 1980 USSR Championship held at the Izmaylovo Arena in Moscow. It’s a new world record in the 52kg weight...
In memory of legendary athletes that we lost in 2017… In Memoriam 2017 Naim SULEYMANOGLU, Turkey 1967 – 2017 Marek GOLAB, Poland 1940 – 2017 Velichko CHOLAKOV, Bulgaria 1982 – 2017 Falahati Mohammad NEJAD, Iran 1976 –...