Kyiv Strong: Alexander Donskoy
History in Color: Alexander Donskoy (1913-1956) was one of the best Soviet bantam and flyweights in the 1930s and 1940s. He competed for the Temp and Spartak clubs of Kiev. During his career as...
History in Color: Alexander Donskoy (1913-1956) was one of the best Soviet bantam and flyweights in the 1930s and 1940s. He competed for the Temp and Spartak clubs of Kiev. During his career as...
November 27, 2021 – Sad news arrived from Ciechanów, Poland. Legendary coach Ivan Grikurov passed away at the Ciechanów Hospital. He was 70. Our condolences to his family and friends. Ivan Grikurov was a...
КВНу стукнуло 60! Привет и поздравления всем игравшим или смотревшим (а это, вобщем-то все, кто пишет и говорит по-русски). Вобщем, всех с юбилеем! Ваше здоровье! P.S. Увидите Александра Васильевича Маслякова, привет от Артура Романовича....
History in Color: October 1966, East Berlin, Germany – Two key personalities of Olympic weightlifting of their countries, Bob Hoffman (USA) and Arkady Vorobyev (USSR) exchange a firm handshake on the streets of East...
History in Color: October 14, 1955, Munich, Germany – Weightlifting middleweight champions Fedor Bogdanovsky (left) of Leningrad, USSR and Peter George of Akron, OH, USA are receiving their medals and awards after competing in...
History in Color: The series cover photo features one of the greatest Soviet weightlifters of the pre-WWII era, George Popov (1912-1974). George Popov belongs to the group of outstanding Soviet athletes that were called...
History in Color featured Gyozo Veres (1936-2011) of Hungary on several occasions. However, it’s never enough to enjoy the moments with one of the greatest Olympic weightlifters in the history of this sport. Gyozo...
History in Color: September 3, 1972, Munich, Germany – 21-year old Bulgarian middle heavyweight wins a gold medal in the 90kg class with 180+155+190=525OR at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
History in Color features a photo celebrating great Swedish weightlifters of three generations (left to right:) Bo Johansson (b. 1945), Arvid Andersson (1919-2011), Leif Nilsson (b. 1952)
History in Color: Line-up of famous Soviet weightlifters of the first decades after the end of WWII (right to left): Nikolay Shatov, Yevgeny Lopatin, Roman Roman, Grigory Novak, X, Roman Moroz.