Nedelcho Kolev of Bulgaria
History in Color: September 19, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Nedelcho Kolev of Team Bulgaria sets a new world record in snatch (153kg) in the 75kg class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. Nedelcho...
History in Color: September 19, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Nedelcho Kolev of Team Bulgaria sets a new world record in snatch (153kg) in the 75kg class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. Nedelcho...
History in Color: Team USSR Weightlifting at the 1954 World Championships in Vienna (left to right): Israel Mekhanik, Trofim Lomakin, Arkady Borobyev, Ivan Udodov, x, Rafael Chimishkyan, x, Yakov Kutsenko, x, Vladimir Vilkhovsky, Alexey...
Heavyweight Leif Nilsson of Team Sweden is training in Sundbyberg, Sweden. Leif Nilsson (b. 1952) was one of the best Swedish weightlifters in the 1970s. He is a 2x Olympian and competed for his...
History in Color: May 1958, Chicago, IL – Soviet light heavyweight Trofim Lomakin (left) and his coach Alexander Bozhko are discussing the “game plan” before the beginning of the 1958 USSR vs. USA weightlifting...
History in Color: Montreal, Canada, December 1975 – A group of Soviet Olympic weightlifters arrived to Canada to participate in the 1975 Pre-Olympic Tournament in Montreal (left to right): Valery Shary (82.5kg, Minsk Belarus),...
History in Color: Olympic champion of Moscow (1980), Soviet super heavyweight Sultan Rakhmanov of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine is competing in 1977.
History in Color: July 31 1983, Moscow, Russia – Alexander Kurlovich and his coach Petr Savitsky (both Grodno, Belarus) receive gold medals for winning in the super heavyweight class at the 1983 USSR Spartakiade...
History in Color: July 20, 1971, Moscow, Russia – 19-year old Alexander Galkin of Spartak, Donetsk competes in the 75kg weight class at the 1971 USSR Spartakiade in Moscow. Alexander Galkin won a bronze...
History in Color: May 23, 1982, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine – Best Soviet super heavyweights are entering the arena for the introduction at the 1982 USSR Championships in Dnepropetrovsk. Guess who won the title this time?...
History in color: The cover photo features legendary Soviet heavyweight Sergo Ambartsumyan (1910-1983). Sergo Ambartsumyan was a super strongman of the pre World War II times in the Soviet Union. He was a usual...