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I guess weightlifting is popular at the Maldives. Previously, we looked at the stamps from the Maldives celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Olympic Games (1896-1996). Now it’s a tribute to legendary Naim Suleymanoglu...
January 3, 2023 – One of the best super heavyweights of the 1970s, Petr Pavlasek of Czech Republic passed away in Tyn nad Vltavou at 75. A 2x Olympian, Petr Pavlasek competed for for...
The cover photo of the History in Color series features my color version of a portrait of one of the most distinguished Czech weightlifters of the 20th century, a “poster boy” of Czechoslovakian weightlifting...
Parlez-vous français? Vous avez 50 centimes? Bonne année 2023 à la Charles Rigoulot!
History in Color: December 19, 1982, Moscow, Russia – 28-year old Moscow super heavyweight Vladimir Marchuk of the Burevestnik Club celebrates after setting the new clean-and-jerk record (260kg) in the 110+kg weight class at...
Sad news arrived last Friday from Houston, Texas, USA. Legendary Olympic weightlifter and coach Mihaly Huszka passed away at 89. Mihaly Huszka was one of the athletes from world famous group of Hungarian lifters...
History in color: Karl Swoboda (1882-1933) of Austria was one of the most prominent heavyweight strongmen of the pre World War 2 era in weightlifting. He held numerous world records set before the international...
History in Color: September 30, 1959, Warsaw, Poland – Olympic champion Isaac Berger, legendary featherweight of the United States, competes in the 60kg weight class at the 1959 World Championships in Warsaw. In Warsaw,...
October 9, 2022 – Sad new came from Grozhy, Chechnya, Russia. One of the best Soviet mid heavyweights of the late 1970s – early 1980s, Adam Saydullaev passed away at 65. Adam Saydullaev competed...
High Five by Northern Shoveler
January 30, 2023
January 29, 2023
January 29, 2023
Olympics, Weightlifting and Stamps: Tribute from the Maldives
January 22, 2023
Remembering Petr Pavlasek (1947-2023)
January 21, 2023
May 2, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
May 12, 2015
September 28, 2015
May 1, 2016
May 1, 2017
