Nosseir (1928)
The History in Color cover photo is based on the black-and-white portrait of legendary El Sayed Nosseir made in 1928 when he won a gold Olympic medal in Amsterdam. El Sayed Nosseir (1905-1977) was...
The History in Color cover photo is based on the black-and-white portrait of legendary El Sayed Nosseir made in 1928 when he won a gold Olympic medal in Amsterdam. El Sayed Nosseir (1905-1977) was...
History in Color: July 21, 1971, Moscow, Russia – The first light heavyweight in the club 500, World Champion, Gennady Ivanchenko of Riga, Latvia is pressing heavy on his way to a gold medal...
History in Color: October 3, 1947, Helsinki, Finland – Soviet heavyweight Nikolay Laputin performs a snatch lift in the 82.5+kg weight class at the 1947 European Championships in Helsinki. It was the first European...
History in Color: March 17, 1963, Moscow, Russia – Legendary super heavyweights Norbert Schemansky (USA) and Leonid Zhabotinsky (USSR) are having a fun armwrestling match during the 1963 Prize of Moscow international tournament. The...
History in Color: September 16, 1975, Moscow, Russia– Best bantamweight athletes receive their medals in the 56kg weight class at the 1975 World Championships (left to right): Waldemar Korcz (Poland, silver medal), Atanas Kirov...
History in Color: July 27, 1976, Montreal, Canada – 24-year heavyweight Lennart Dahlgren of Sweden performs his unforgettable “joy jump” while snatching 155kg in his 3rd attempt in the 110kg weight class at the...
History in Color: May 17, 1958, New York City, NY – Legendary Dave Sheppard (USA) and Arkady Vorobyev (USSR) are performing a friendly joint weightlifting during the 3rd match of the 1958 USA vs...
March 20, 2020 – Special note: Happy Birhday to Boris Severov (Finland/Estonia, USSR)! History in Color: Fall 1973, Tallinn, Estonia –Young champion of Estonia, Viktor Perepelkin and his coach Boris Severov (both of the...
In the last 7 days Bernie C. showed an amazing behavior. He stayed home, didn’t get in trouble arguing with the other dogs or barking at the weird noises outside. He actually was peacefully...
History in Color: March 18, 1970, Minsk, Belorussia – Soviet giant of the super heavyweight Vasily Alexeev of Shakhty, Russia reaches 600kg (213+170+217.5) in total in the 110+kg class at the 1970 Friendship Cup...