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History in Color: October 10, 1954, Vienna, Austria – Norbert Schemansky of Detroit, USA wins the World title in the 90+kg weight class at the 1954 World Championships. Norbert Schemansky was 30 at the...
History in Color: July 22, 1976, Montreal, Canada – Middleweight Yordan Mitkov of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria is on his way to a gold Olympic medal in the 75kg weight class at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
History in Color: Legendary Paul Anderson performs demo weightlifting with Team USA in the Madison Square Garden in December 1955. Team USA captain Peter George is a spotter in the back. I don’t know...
History in Color: September 3, 1972, Munich, Germany – Swedish middle heavyweight Hans Bettembourg performs a snatch lift in the 90kg class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He won a bronze Olympic...
History in Color: July 26, 1976, Montreal, Canada – 22-year old heavyweight Krastyu Semerdzhiev of Bulgaria competes in the 110kg class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Heavyweight champion of Bulgaria (1975), Krastyu...
High Five by Northern Shoveler
January 30, 2023
January 29, 2023
January 29, 2023
Olympics, Weightlifting and Stamps: Tribute from the Maldives
January 22, 2023
Remembering Petr Pavlasek (1947-2023)
January 21, 2023
May 2, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
May 12, 2015
September 28, 2015
May 1, 2016
May 1, 2017
