Daily Archive: June 24, 2018
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...