David Rigert: World Record in New Zealand (1975)
History in Color: January 25, 1975, Christchurch, New Zealand – Weightlifting legend David Rigert of Team CCCP is getting ready to go for a world record in the snatch lift at the 1975 New...
Daily Archive: June 15, 2018
Ken Patera (USA)
History in Color presents a “color view” of legendary Kenneth “Ken” Patera of Team USA Weightlifting. Ken Patera (b. 1943) is a true legend of strength – not only in Olympic weightlifting but in...
Klas -Ove Johansson (Sweden)
History in Color presents a photo of one of the most impressive Swedish Olympic weightlifters of the late 1960s – 1970s Folke Klas-Ove Johansson. Ove Johansson (b.1943) competed in the super heavyweight for his...
Golden Age of American Weightlifting: Secrets in a Nutshell
The History in Color cover photo brings back a “look in color” on the Golden Age of American Olympic Weightlifting. This is a photo of legendary Norbert “Norb” Schemansky taken during the 1952 Summer...
