Gerry Gratton (Canada): Helsinki (1952)
History in Color: July 26, 1952, Helsinki, Finland –Middleweight Gerry Gratton of Canada goes for the world record in the press lift in the 75kg weight class of the weightlifting tournament at the 1952...
History in Color: July 26, 1952, Helsinki, Finland –Middleweight Gerry Gratton of Canada goes for the world record in the press lift in the 75kg weight class of the weightlifting tournament at the 1952...
History in Color: An interesting group photo of the top Soviet Olympic weightlifters and coaches from the family archives of Vasily Denisov, one of the Team USSR top candidates in the 75kg weight class...
History in Color: The cover photo pictures Khristo Plachkov of Team Bulgaria performing snatch lift in the 1970s. Khristo Plachkov (1953-2009) of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria was truly a legend in the history of Olympic weightlifting....
History in Color Series: July 30, 1983, Moscow, USSR – Sub heavyweight Victor Sots of Donetsk, Ukraine is cleaning 227.5kg in his second attempt in the 100kg class at the 1983 USSR Spartakiade and...
History in Color: First of all, Happy Birthday to Mark Cameron, one of the best U.S. weightlifters in the history of this sport and one of the most impressive American contenders in the 1970s....
History in Color: Melbourne, Australia, November 1956 – U.S. Olympic champions in weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne gathered for a memory group photo (left to right): Isaac Berger (60kg, gold medal),...
History in Color: November 24, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – Olympic medal winners in the 75kg class at the 1956 Summer Olympics are showing their medals earned in Melbourne (left to right): Peter George (USA,...
History in Color: August 30, 1972, Munich, Germany – Lightweight Mladen Kuchev of Team Bulgaria competes in the snatch lifting in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. At the...
This is a female Anhinga as seen today in Ponte Vedra, FL. Anhinga is also known as “Snakebird” for its snake like appearance when swimming and surfacing with just a head and long neck...
Life is not always as pretty as in the Disney movies. Sometimes the winner is the beauty. Sometimes – the beast. Sometimes it’s hard to say who is the beauty and who is the...