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June 29, 2019 – One of the all-time and all-nations best Olympic weightlifters who ever stepped on the competition platform, Peter George of the United States turns 90! By all means, Peter George is ...
June 27, 2019 – Happy Birthday to legendary Olympic weightlifters Tommy Kono (USA, 1930-2016) and Vern Barberis (Australia, 1928-2005)! History in Color: July 26, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Olympic medal winners in the 67.5kg...
History in Color : July 27, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – 28-year old mid heavyweight Norbert Schemansky of Detroit, Michigan, USA performs a clean-and-jerk lift on his way to the Olympic gold in the 90kg...
History in Color: December 19, 1976, Sverdlovsk, Russia – Medal ceremony for the 100kg weight class at the 1976 USSR Championships in clean-and-jerk (left to right): Anatoly Kozlov (Kholmsk, Russia, silver medal, 212.5kg), Vladimir...
History in Color: One of the top Soviet athletes of the 1960s, world record holder Viktor Shishov of Kiev, Ukraine performs a snatch lift in the national competitions in the Soviet Union. Viktor Shishov...
History in Color: December 17, 1977, Ryazan, Russia – Olympic champion David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia competes in the 100kg weight class and snatches the world record (176.5kg) at the 1977 USSR Cup in...
History in Color: Copenhagen, Denmark, 1954 – Olympic champion Peter George of Akron, United States competes at the exhibition tournament in Copenhagen.
History in Color: July 27, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Olympic medal winners in the 82.5 class at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki (left to right): Stan Stanczyk (USA, silver medal, 415kg), Trofim Lomakin...
The History in Color cover photo of this article depicts one of the Ireland’s all-time best weightlifters, Frank Rothwell performing a 145kg press lift at the Collins Hall in his hometown, Clonmel (Ireland) in...
History in Color: 1972 Olympic champion in the middleweight class, Yordan Bikov of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria performs a snatch lift in a weightlifting meet in 1971. Yordan Bikov (b. 1952) became the second Bulgarian weightlifter...
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World Record by Vartan Militosyan (Armenia, USSR)
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