Category: Photography
Top Heavyweights at the 1970 Friendship Cup
History in Color: March 1970, Minsk, Belarus – Winners of the 110kg class competition and the spectators in the arena listen to the USSR national anthem at the medal ceremony of the 1970 Friendship...
Dito Shanidze
History in Color: 2x Olympic vice champion, champion of the World, Europe and USSR, Dito Shanidze of the Gantiadi Club, Tbilisi is competing at the local meet in his native Georgia. Dito Shanidze (1937-2010)...
Valery Kuznichenko
History in Color: August 2, 1979, Leningrad, Russia – Heavyweight Valery Kuznichenko of Brovary, Ukraine performs a clean-and-jerk lift in the 110kg class at the 1979 USSR Championships / 7th USSR Spartakiade in Leningrad....
Uolevi Kahelin (Finland)
History in Color: October 23, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 33-year old featheweight Uolevi Kahelin of Team Finland competes in the 60kg weight class at the 1983 World Championships in Moscow. Uolevi Kahelin (b. 1950)...
Kaarlo Kangasniemi Wins Again (1970)
History in Color: March 18, 1970, Minsk, Belarus – Olympic champion Kaarlo Kangasniemi of Finland wins the 90kg competition at the 1970 Friendship Cup in Minsk. 3x Finnish Olympian and author of 17 records,...
Arvo Ojalehto (Finland)
History in Color: October 22, 1983, Moscow, Russia – Arvo Ojalehto of Team Finland competes in the 52kg weight class at the 1983 World Championships in Moscow. Arvo Ojalehto (b. 1957) is a 3x...