Imre Foldi: Winning the Bantamweight Class at the Prize of Moscow
March 16, 1965, Moscow, USSR– Bantamweight Imre Foldi of Team Hungary wins the Prize of Moscow in the 56kg weight class in Moscow.
One of the best Olympic weightlifters of all times, Imre Foldi was the first Hungarian to win the Olympics in this sport. Imre Foldi competed at five Summer Olympics – in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976. He brought home medal from three of them. He won 1 gold medal in Munich and 2 silver medals in Tokyo and Mexico City.
Also, Imre was a 13-times champion of Hungary. At 13 World Championships that Foldi competed in, he won 16 gold, 16 silver and 7 bronze medals. In his remarkable weightlifting career, Foldi set 21 world records – 15 in the press and 6 in the total. All of these outstanding results were achieved despite of a serious physical disability.
The original B/W photo was taken by Yury Bykovsky (Ukraine). Color by Arthur Chidlovski (USA).