Alexander Pervy (1979)
History in Color: One of the brightest young athletes of the Soviet and international Olympic weightlifting, middleweight Alexander Pervy (1960-1985) of the Army club in Donetsk, Ukraine competes at the 1979 USSR Cup in...
Daily Archive: June 7, 2018
Gyozo Veres: Early Years
The History in Color presents a color version of the photo of young Hungarian athlete Gyozo Veres practicing a clean-and-jerk lift outdoors. As we all know, Veres became one of the best weightlifters in...
Trendafil Stoichev, Bulgaria
History in Color: September 20, 1975, Moscow, Russia – 22-year old light heavyweight Trendafil Stoichev of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria wins a silver medal at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow. Trendafil Stoichev (b. 1953) was...
Oleg Kechko
History in Color: Vice champion of Europe (1993), winner of the 1989 USSR Cup, USSR Champion in snatch, 1996 Olympian, Oleg Kechko of Minsk, Belarus competes in the 75kg weight class at the 1989...
Norair Nurikyan
History in Color: September 16, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Olympic champion Norair Nurikyan of Team Bulgaria competes in the 56kg weight class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. Norair Nurikyan (b. 1948) is...
Sparre and Bukharov
History in Color series a color version of the portrait of two remarkable personalities in the early history of Olympic weightlifting in the Soviet Union. Jan Sparre Sr. (left) and Alexander Bukharov were the...
