Monthly Archive: February 2018

Viktor Andreev

History in Color: World records holder and national champion, Victor Andreev (1936-2000) was one of the lead Soviet super heavyweights of the 1960s. In 1967, he reached 547.5kg in total at the 136kg bodyweight...

Baszanowski

The History in Color series features legendary Polish lightweight Waldemar Baszanowski competing at his last Summer Olympics. By all means, Waldemar Baszanowski was a true legend of Olympic weightlifting. He was a 2x Olympic...

Makinen (Suomi)

History in color: 4x Olympian, European champion Eino Makinen (1926-2014)  of Tampere, Finland competes in the 90+kg weight class in the weightlifting match between Finland, Estonia and Leningrad in 1961. Eino “Eikka” Makinen represented...

Kanygin (CCCP)

History in Color: World champion Vladimir Kanygin, middleweight from Blagoveshchensk, Russia competes in the snatch lift at the 1971 USSR Spartakiade in Moscow. 1971 Championship of the USSR Location: Moscow Russia Weight Class: Middleweight  [75 kg]More Info On the...