Sergey Pevzner (USSR)
History in Color: May 15, 1980, Moscow, Russia – 32-year old lightweight Sergey Pevzner of the Army club of Rostov, Russia competes for the national title in the 67.5kg class at the 1980 USSR...
Monthly Archive: August 2018
Rolf Maier (France)
The History in Color series presents a color version of the photo of Rolf Maier, one of all-time best French weightlifters and coaches in Olympic weightlifting. Rolf Maier (b. 1936) belongs to the generation...
Welcome Home Party Rehearsal
It was supposed to be a surprise, I guess. I caught Chloe in the middle of the rehearsal upstairs…
American Weightlifters in the USSR (1974)
First of all, Happy Birthday to Dan Cantore of Team USA of the 1970s! Minsk, Belarus, USSR, 1974 (left to right): Dan Cantore (USA), Anatoly Yakovlev, Dmitry Yurago, Phil Grippaldi (USA), Anatoly Kovalevsky. (Courtesy...
Peter George: The Early Magician of the Squat Style Snatch
History in Color: October 27, 1951, Milan, Italy – Legendary Peter George of Akron, USA wins the World title in style in the 75kg class at the 1951 World Championships in Milan. Prior to...
Eleiko Set From Kulta-Kalle In Boston
This Eleiko set has been on my desk for 10 years. It came from legendary Kaarlo Kangasniemi in 2008 when I took an interview with Kulta-Kalle. It is still on my desk.
Vladimir Pushkarev (USSR)
History in Color: October 14, 1950, Paris, France – Soviet middleweight Vladimir Pushkarev of Moscow, Russia, competes in the 75kg class at the 1950 World Championships in Paris. Pushkarev finished the competition with the...
Team USA Weightlifting in Egypt (1955)
History in Color: June 1955 – During the historical 1955 Team USA Weightlifting Tour to USSR, Egypt and Iran, U.S. weightlifters competed in the weightlifting matches in Cairo and Alexandria (Egypt). The cover photo...
Tommy Kono (Munich, 1955)
History in Color: October 14, 1955, Munich, Germany – Legendary Olympic weightlifter Tommy Kono of Team USA wins the light heavyweight gold medal at the 1955 World Championships in Munich. It was the 3rd...
