Best Heavy Middleweights in 1972
History in Color: September 3, 1972, Munich, Germany – The medal ceremony is about to begin for the winners in the 90kg class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (left to right): Atanas...
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Valery Ustyuzhin
History in Color: Valery Ustyuzhin (1945-2001) was a very strong heavyweight athlete of the 1970s. Ustyuzhin competed for the Dynamo Club of Rovno, Ukraine. His forte was his clean-and-jerk lift. In 1973, 28-year old...
Amazing Valentin Khristov (Bulgaria)
History in Color: September 22, 1975, Moscow, Russia – 19-year old Bulgarian junior heavyweight Valentin Khristov competes with a happy smile at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. Valentin Khristov was simply amazing. He...
Tyngdlyftning Means Weightlifting (Take 2)
History in Color: Rickard Nilssen and his trainer Lennart Dahlgren (both competed for Team Sweden Weightlifting.)
Tyngdlyftning Means Weightlifting
Legends of Swedish Olympic weightlifting are being features on the History in Color cover (left to right): Arvid Andersson (1919-2011), Lage Andersson (1920-2011) and Lennart Englund . More at Lift Up
Stanczyk in Helsinki
History in Color: July 27, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Light heavyweight Stan Stanczyk is competing in the snatch lift for Team USA at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. One of the best athletes of...
Alexander Varbanov (Bulgaria)
History in Color: Alexander Varbanov (b. 1964) was perhaps one of the strongest ever middleweights of all times. His personal best was the total of 382.5kg (167.5+215, bodyweight 74.6kg) that reached on February 29,...
35 Years Ago in Moscow
October 31, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 25-year old super heavyweight Anatoly Pisarenko of Team CCCP Weightlifting wins the world and European titles in the 110+kg class with the 450kg (205+245) total at the World...
Hungarian Milestone Weightlifter
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...
Andras Stark (Hungary)
History in Color presents one of the most impressive European and Hungarian weightlifters of the 1970s Andras Stark. Andras Stark (b. 1949) competed in the middleweight and represented Hungary at the Summer Olympics 1972...
