Alexander Bozhko in the 1930s
History in Color series features one of the key athletes of the early period in the history of Olympic weightlifting in the Soviet Union, light heavyweight Alexander Bozhko (1915-1977) while he is performing a...
History in Color series features one of the key athletes of the early period in the history of Olympic weightlifting in the Soviet Union, light heavyweight Alexander Bozhko (1915-1977) while he is performing a...
Einar Ericsson (1921-2009, seen on the History in Color cover) was one of the most distinguished Olympic weightlifters of Sweden in the 20th century. He competed in the featherweight and represented his country at...
History in Color features a member of the international 500 Club and a world record holder, remarkable heavyweight Frank Capsouras of Team USA Weightlifting. Frank Capsouras (b. 1947) is a native of Hackensack, NJ...
History in Color: September 24, 1977, Stutthart, Germany – Michel Broillet of Switzerland competes in the 100kg weight class at the 1977 World and European Championships in Stuttgart. Michel Broillet (b. 1944) was one...
History in Color: December 12, 1978, Fergana, Uzbekistan – Top Soviet super heavyweights are ready to pursue the 1978 USSR cup in 1978 (left to right): Viktor Okorokov (Smolensk, Russia), N/A, Gennady Gusev (Vladivostok,...
History in Color: Future champion and world record holder Khristo Plachkov competes for Team Bulgaria in the junior tournament in Moscow, USSR in 1971.