Cuba: Numero Uno
The History in Color series features Cuban lightweight champ Roberto Urrutia training in Cuba. Roberto “Tony” Urrutia (born in 1957) was the first Cuban weightlifter ever to set a world record (1975) and to...
The History in Color series features Cuban lightweight champ Roberto Urrutia training in Cuba. Roberto “Tony” Urrutia (born in 1957) was the first Cuban weightlifter ever to set a world record (1975) and to...
History in Color: July 24, 1976, Montreal, Canada – Soviet light heavyweight Valery Shary of Minsk, Belarus, competes in the snatch program of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. After a disaster performance in...
Vice champion of the 1984 Summer Olympics, Mario Martinez of Team USA died on January 14, 1960 at the age of 60. Mario Martinez was one of the most memorable and inspiring American weightlifters...