Happy Day in Moscow Many Years Ago
It was a beautiful and warm day in Moscow. The photo was taken in the late 1960s and the original was in black and white. I don’t think this place changed much. Maybe, more...
It was a beautiful and warm day in Moscow. The photo was taken in the late 1960s and the original was in black and white. I don’t think this place changed much. Maybe, more...
History in Color: American finest Olympic weightlifters and coaches are ready for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo (1964). Left to right: Bob Hoffman (York, PA; Head Coach), Norbert Schemansky (Detroit, MI; 90+kg, bronze medal),...
History in Color: Budapest, Hungary, October 1964 –Hungarian Olympians, weightlifters Gyozo Veres (light heavyweight, left) and Arpad Nemessanyi (middle heavyweight) selected the MALÉV Hungarian Airlines (Magyar Légiközlekedési Vállalat) to travel to Tokyo for the...
June 16, 2021 – Frank Rothwell, Olympian of weightlifting team Ireland in 1972, turned 85 today. Happy Birthday to a great Champion! Frank Rothwell (born in 1936) is an Olympian who competed for Ireland...
History in Color December 23, 1924, Paris France – Olympic champion cover Charles Rigoulot showcases various lifts at the photo session before the Christmas celebration. Legendary French athlete won a gold medal in the...
History in Color: April 13, 1972, Tallinn, Estonia, USSR – 26-year old light heavyweight Igor Kalashnikov of the Moscow Dynamo club is on his way to win the 1st place and set a new...
June 8, 2021 – Legendary weightlifting champion and coach Zygmunt Smalcerz of Poland turned 80! Brilliant Polish flyweight of the 1970s, Olympic champion Zygmunt Smalcerz is definitely one of the living classics of this...
History in Color: October 12, 1955, Munich, Germany– Bantamweight Charles “Chuck” Vinci, a rookie of the U.S. weightlifting team, marks his Wolds debut with a silver medal at the 1955 World and European Championships...
History in Color: December 14, 1974, Zaporozhye, Ukraine, USSR – Legendary Soviet middle heavyweight David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1974 USSR Cup and wins gold medals...
History in Color: Paris, France, February 1971 – Soviet heavyweights Vasily Alexeev and Jaan Talts are being caught on camera while having a friendly armwrestling match in front of the Eiffel Tower during a...