Happy New Year!
It’s not a snow on the cover card but a sand on the beach this morning 🙂 It’s 76F or 24C in Florida! Anyway, nothing fake comes from here to all: Really Happy New...
Monthly Archive: December 2020
Lift Up: In Memoriam (2020)
Remembering Olympic weightlifting legends, athletes, coaches, administrators and many more, that we lost in 2020. In Memoriam 2020 Patrick BASSEY , Nigeria 1957 – 2020 Pavel SYRCHIN, Soviet Union 1957 – 2020 Gyorgy REHUS UZOR, Hungary 1946...
Olympic Team USA Weightlifting in Berlin,1936
History in Color: July 1936 – U.S. weightlifters, coaches and administrators have arrived to Berlin for the 1936 Summer Olympics (left to right): Front row (sitting): Walter Good (75kg, 14th), Tony Terlazzo (60kg, 1st/Gold),...
Phil Grippaldi (USA) Lifts at the 1972 Pre-Olympic Tournament in Ulm
History in Color: March 5, 1972, Ulm, West Germany – U.S. middle heavyweight Phil Grippaldi competes in the 90kg weight class at the invitational pre-Olympic international tournament in Ulm, Germany. Phil won the third...
Czechoslovakia 1,452.5 – Soviet Union 1,852.5 (1946)
This was not a day long basketball marathon game or some hockey rivalry classics game without goalies. It is a final score in kilos of the weightlifting meet between Team USSR and Team Czechoslovakia...
Holiday Season’s Greetings and Happy New Year to All!
May the magic of the Holiday season fill your home with joy and peace. Wishing you happiness and cheer during this season and always. Love and best wishes from Florida!
Club 500: Boris Selitsky (Russia, USSR)
History in Color: October 17, 1968, Mexico City, Mexico – Soviet light heavyweight Boris Selitsky of Leningrad, Russia, USSR presses 150kg in the 82.5kg weight class tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico...
Trendafil Stoychev (Bulgaria) in Berlin, 1976
History in Color: April 8, 1976, Berlin, East Germany – 22-year old World champion Trendafil Stoychev of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria competes for Team Bulgaria in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1976 European Championships in...
Remembering Sue Chidlovski
I miss you. I love you. I am thinking about you… all the time. Happy Birthday, Love!
