Joe Dube (USA) Turns 80!
February 15, 2024 – Great Olympic weightlifting champion, Joe Dube (USA) turns 80!!! Joe Dube is a true legend of American and world weightlifting. Competing for the United States, Joe became a World Champion...
Monthly Archive: February 2024
Chuck Vinci: Olympic Bantamweight with a Look and Feel
History in Color: Charles “Chuck” Vinci (1933-2018), of Cleveland, Ohio, USA, was one of the greatest bantamweight athletes in the history of Olympc weightlifting. Vinci was the last U.S. weightlifter who won the Olympic...
Soviet Super Heavyweights, late 1970s: Vasily Alexeev and Aslanbek Yenaldiev
History in Color@LiftUp: Feodosia, Ukraine, USSR, Summer 1977 – Lead USSR super heavyweights Vasily Alexeev (right) and Aslanbek Yenaldiev are preparing for the 1977 World Championships in Stuttgart. Vasily Alexeev (1942-2011) remains one of...
Golden Era of U.S. Weightlifting: Joe Di Pietro and Peter George
History in Color@Lift Up: Philadelphia, PA, USA, July 1947 – Weightlifting legends Joe Di Pietro and Peter George are enjoying a moment of a “strength and health” celebration at the 1947 World Championships in...
Alexander Kolodlov: Unsung Hero of Weightlifing from Kazakhstan
Alexander Kolodkov is definitely an unsung hero of Olympic weightlifting. When the international federation scheduled a sunset of an Olympic press lift after the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, there were number of outstanding...
