Jim George (USA): Rome, 1960
History in Color: September 9, 1960, Rome, Italy – Light heavyweight Jim George of Akron, OH, USA competes in the 82.5kg class at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Jim George entered the Olympics...
History in Color: September 9, 1960, Rome, Italy – Light heavyweight Jim George of Akron, OH, USA competes in the 82.5kg class at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Jim George entered the Olympics...
History in Color: September 23, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Legendary Bulgarian super heavyweight Khristo Plachkov competes in the 110+kg weight class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. Khristo Plachkov (1953-2009) of Bulgaria was...
History in Color: October 22, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 19-year old flyweight Neno Terziyski of Team Bulgaria is about ready for his attempt in the 52kg weight class at the 1983 World Championships in...
Veni, vidi vici Julius Caesar, around 47 BC History in Color: September 9, 1963, Stockholm, Sweden – Legendary Soviet heavyweight Yury Vlasov and his coach Suren Bogdasarov inspect the competition platform upon arrival to...
History in Color: December 14, 1975, Chelyabinsk, Russia –Sub heavyweight Alym Achichaev of Team Trud (Rostov, Russia) wins the USSR Cup with a 370kg (162.5 + 207.5) total in the 100kg weight class in...
History in Color: November 24, 1956, Melbourne, 1956 – Olympic medal winners in the 75kg class at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne (left to right): Peter George (USA, silver medal, 412.5kg), Fedor Bogdanovsky...
History in Color: October 7, 1954, Vienna, Austria – Legendary personalities of Olympic weightlifting send you their smiles from the Wiener Konzerthaus stage during the 1954 World Championships in Vienna (left to right): Clarence...
History in Color: July 25, 1982, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine –28-year old super heavyweight Sergey Ayrapetov of Team Spartak (Baku, Azerbaijan) competes in the 110+kg weight class at the 1982 USSR Championships in the Old Circus...
History in Color: October 1966, East Berlin, GDR – Legendary Bob Hoffman (USA) is being interviewed by the reporter of the Soviet Sports Daily newspaper with the final preparations for the 1966 World Championships...
The History in Color series features a group shot with unforgettable champions from the past of Olympic weightlifting (left to right): Lifter from Argentina, Yury Vlasov (USSR), Humberto Selvetti (Argentina), Suren Bogdasarov (USSR) The...