1922 World Champions in Tallinn, Estonia
History in color: April 30, 1922, Tallinn, Estonia – Winners of the 1922 World Championships are lined up on the stage of the Estonia Theater (left to right): Alfred NEULAND (Estonia, 60kg, gold medal),...
History in color: April 30, 1922, Tallinn, Estonia – Winners of the 1922 World Championships are lined up on the stage of the Estonia Theater (left to right): Alfred NEULAND (Estonia, 60kg, gold medal),...
History in Color: Moscow, Russia, USSR, September 1970 – Team USSR weightlifting just returned home after competing at the 1970 World Championships in Columbus, Ohio, USA and is now displaying their trophies in front...
As seen in Ponte Vedra, FL (April 2020) – Big Osprey bird with a trophy for dinner last Friday.
History in Color: March 5, 1988, Tallinn Estonia – 29-year old sub heavyweight Alexander Popov of Krasnoyarsk, Russia competes for Team USSR in the 100kg weight class at the 1989 Friendship Cup in Tallinn....
Gottfried Schödl (Austria), former IWF President, died today at the age of 95. Mr. Gottfried Schödl was the President of the International Weightlifting Federation from August 1972 to December 2000. He ran the international...
History in Color: Athletes of Team France 1972 Weightlifting selected as candidates to represent the nation at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (left to right): Jean-Paul Fouletier (heavyweight, 2x Olympian – 1968, 1972),...
History in Color: September 23, 1975, Moscow, Russia, USSR – 28-year old super heavyweight Petr Pavlasek of Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia competes in the 110kg+ weight class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. Petr...