Jan Bochenek (Poland)
September 20, 2018 – Happy Birthday to Jan Bochenek (Poland, 1931-2011)! One of the best Polish weightlifters would have been 87 today… The History in Color presents a color version of the photo of...
September 20, 2018 – Happy Birthday to Jan Bochenek (Poland, 1931-2011)! One of the best Polish weightlifters would have been 87 today… The History in Color presents a color version of the photo of...
Gold medallist at 21. Represented Australia in Olympic weightlifting, Powerlifting, Wrestling and Athletics (Shot Put). A friendly, sociable man, gone too soon. Robert Kabbas about Ray Rigby History in Color: Edinburgh, Scotland – Legendary...
The History in Color presents legendary Japanese Olympic weightlifter Yoshinobu Miyake performing snatch lift in one of the local meets in Japan. Yoshinobu Miyake (b. 1939) was one of the best and most memorable...
History in Color: April 28, 1973, Donetsk, Ukraine – Legendary Soviet mid heavyweight David Rigertof Shakhty, Russia competes in the 90kg class at the 1973 USSR Championships in Donetsk. In Donetsk, 26-year old Rigert...
Today, Tudor Kassapu celebrates his 55th birthday. Happy Birthday, champ! History in Color: July 5, 1989, Frunze, Kirgizia– Middleweight Fedor Kassapu of Moldavia wins the 75kg weight class with a 350kg (152.5+197.5) total at...
Happy 40th Anniversary of the world record and Happy Birthday to Vladimir Kononov! History in Color: September 17, 1978, Dubna, Russia– Soviet sub heavyweight Vladimir Kononov of Samara (Kuybyshev), Russia sets two world records...
The History in Color presents our version of the vintage group shot of the pioneers of Olympic weightlifting in Estonia. The first on the left is the legendary champion Arnold Luhaaar (1905-1965), one of...
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...