Weightlifting Poland: Big Year of 1959
History in Color: In many ways, the year of 1959 was a milestone in the history of Polish Olympic weightlifting. 60 years ago, it was a huge break through for weightlifting in Poland. For...
History in Color: In many ways, the year of 1959 was a milestone in the history of Polish Olympic weightlifting. 60 years ago, it was a huge break through for weightlifting in Poland. For...
History in Color: October 28, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 27-year old middle heavyweight Blagoy Blagoev of Team Bulgaria performs his magic in the snatch lifting in the 90kg weight class at the 1983 World...
History in Color: September 7, 1960, Rome, Italy – 23-year old featherweight Isaac Berger of the United States competes in the 60kg weight class at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Isaac “Ike”...
History in Color: December 16, 1979, Frunze, Kirgizia – 31-year old super heavyweight Aslanbek Yenaldiev of Ordzhonikidze, Northern Ossetia, Russia lifts 250kg in his last attempt in the clean-and jerk program in the 110+kg...
History in Color: September 16, 1975, Moscow, Russia – 28-year old bantamweight Karel Prohl of Team Czechoslovakia competes in the 56kg class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. By the end of the...
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....