Daily Archive: September 16, 2018
History in Color: July 12, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Czech bantamweight Karel Saitl of Brno, Czechoslovakia competes in the 56kg weight class at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Karel Saitl (b. 1924) is one...
History in Color: May 16, 1983, Moscow, Russia – Sulev Tarros of Tartu, Estonia competes in the 100kg class at the 1983 USSR Spartakiade and Championships in Moscow. Sulev Tarros (b. 1956) was one...
History in Color: July 21, 1971, Moscow, Russia – World Champion, the first light heavyweight member of the club 500, Gennady Ivanchenko of Riga, Latvia wins a gold medal with a 500kg (170+147.5+182.5) total...