Monthly Archive: February 2019
Norb Schemansky Wins the 1952 Olympics In Helsinki
History in Color : July 27, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – 28-year old mid heavyweight Norbert Schemansky of Detroit just won an Olympic gold in the 90kg weight class at the 1952 Summer Olympics in...
Adam Gnatov: World Record at the USSR Spartakiade in 1971
History in Color : July 16, 1971, Moscow, USSR – Adam Gnatov, flyweight of the Lokomotiv Club, Lvov sets a new world record in the press lift (115kg) in the 52kg class at the...
Happy 110th Birthday to Nikolay Shatov!
February 3, 2019 – Legendary Soviet weightlifter and coach Nikolay Shatov would have celebrated his 110th Birthday! The cover photo from the History in Color series features Peter George (USA), Nikolay Shatov (USSR) and...
Dan Cantore (USA) in Havana, 1973
History in Color : September 18, 1973, Havana, Cuba – 27-year old lightweight Dan Cantore of Team USA competes in the 67.5kg class at the 1973 World Championships in Havana. Dan took the 7th...
Klemens Roguski and Augustyn Dziedzic (Poland)
History in Color: Klemens Roguski (1926-2002) and Augustyn Dziedzic (1928-2008) was a fantastic team of Polish coaches that worked with the national team of Poland for over 20 years and managed to bring Polish...
Alexander Kidyaev (USSR/Ukraine): Mission Possible in 1967
History in Color : August 1, 1967, Moscow, USSR – Alexander Kidyaev of the Avangard Club, Lugansk competes in the 90kg class at the 1967 USSR Spartakiade and 1967 USSR Championships at the “Shakhter”...