Russ Knipp at the 1972 Olympics in Munich
August 31, 1972, Munich, West Germany – Middleweight Russ Knipp competes for the United States in the 75kg weight class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. His final total was 457.5kg (160+127.5+170)
August 31, 1972, Munich, West Germany – Middleweight Russ Knipp competes for the United States in the 75kg weight class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. His final total was 457.5kg (160+127.5+170)
September 4, 1972, Munich, West Germany –Winners of the Olympic weightlifting competition in the 110kg class receive their medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (left to right): Alexander Kraychev (Bulgaria), silver medal,...
History in Color: December 20, 1981, Donetsk, Ukraine – Legendary Soviet weightlifter David Rigert competes in the 100kg class at the 1981 USSR Cup in Donetsk, Ukraine. David Rigert was 34 at the time....
History in Color: November 11, 1986, Sofia, Bulgaria – Bulgarian middleweight Alexander Varbanov sets a new world record (215kg in clean-and-jerk) and wins the world title in the 75kg class at the 1986 World...
June 2, 2023 – Hungarian Olympian and famous weightlifting champion Michaly Huszka (1933-2022) was born in Czongrad, Hungary. He would have been celebrating his 90th birthday today History in Color: July 16, 1960, Budapest,...
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History in Color: Budapest, Hungary, 1978 – Olympic champion Zygmunt Smalcerz of Team Poland competes at the Danube Cup in Budapest. Nicknamed as “Polish Gulliver” by his teammates, legendary Polish flyweight Zygmunt Smalcerz (b....
– Go Canada! Happy bunch of Canada Geese send their greetings to the local Little Blue Heron of Florida on the side of the pond. – Ya ya ya, – says little fella. He...
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