Anatoly Kozlov (CCCP)
History in Color: Anatoly Kozlov (b. 1955) of Kholmsk, Russia had a phenomenal year of 1977 in Olympic weightlifting. On April 8, 1977, at the 1977 Russian Federation (RSFSR) Championships in Volzhsky, Russia, 22-year...
History in Color: Anatoly Kozlov (b. 1955) of Kholmsk, Russia had a phenomenal year of 1977 in Olympic weightlifting. On April 8, 1977, at the 1977 Russian Federation (RSFSR) Championships in Volzhsky, Russia, 22-year...
History in Color: Michel Broillet (b. 1944) of Switzerland was one of the top Olympic weightlifters the 1970s. Michel Broillet represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He also won bronze at the...
History in Color: July 23, 1977, Stuttgart, Germany – 26-year old Rolf Milser of West Germany wins a silver medal in the 90kg weight class at the 1977 World Championships in Stuttgart. Rolf Milser...
History in Color: October 16, 1964, Tokyo, Japan – Swedish Olympian Per Ingvar Asp competes in the middle heavyweight class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
History in Color: Alexandria, Egypt, 1950s – Olympic champion, 2x World champion, world records holder Ibrahim Hassan Shams of Team Egypt is training at the famous Kabbas Gym in Alexandria. Gabriel Kabbas watches the...
History in Color: July 27, 1980, Moscow, Russia – In order to win a gold Olympic medal, 20-year old middleweight Rumen Alexandrov of Bulgaria tries to clean-and-jerk 210kg in the 90kg class at the...
History in Color: If you are a weightlifter, you want to lift everything everywhere you can. On the cover photo, the strongest man in the world of the 1970s, super heavyweight legend Vasily Alexeev...
History in Color: September 9, 1948, London, Great Britain – 23-year old featherweight Mahmoud Fayad of Team Egypt wins the 60kg class with a 332.5kg world record total at the 1948 Summer Olympics in...
History in Color: July 25, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Soviet bantamweight Ivan Udodov of Rostov, Russia wins a gold Olympic medal in the 56kg weight class at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. This...
History in Color: October 18, 1968, Mexico City, Mexico – Middle heavyweight Kaarlo Kangasniemi of Team Finland celebrates after winning gold Olympic medal in the 90kg class at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico...