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.
History in Color: November 10, 1957, Teheran, Iran – 25-year old lightweight Ivan Abadzhiev of Bulgaria competes in the snatch program at the 1957 World Championships in Teheran. In Teheran, Ivan Abadzhiev won the...
History in Color features the color version of the photo with one of Olympic weightlifting all-time best athlete, Imre Foldi (1938-2017) of Hungary. One of all-time best? Nah, Imre was the best. Wanna argue?...
History in Color: May 29, 1977, Glebe Police – Citizens Boys Club – Silver medalist of the Summer Olympics, Robert Kabbas of Australia sets a new Australian, Australasian and Commonwealth record of 185.5kg in...
History in Color: May 1958, Chicago, IL – One of the coaches of Team CCCP, Alexander Bozhko is being introduced at the opening ceremony of the 1958 USA vs USSR Olympic weightlifting matches in...