World Record In Tallinn
History in Color: April 14, 1972, Tallinn, Estonia – Middle heavyweight David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia sets a new clean-and-jerk world record (210kg) at the 1972 USSR Weightlifting Championships in Tallinn.
Category: Sports History
Alexander Kurlovich (1961-2018)
Legend of Olympic weightlifting, one of the best super heavyweights of all times, Alexander Kurlovich of Grodno, Belarus died today at the age of 56. It seemed that just yesterday, he was competing in...
Russ Knipp (USA)
History in Color: 2x U.S. Olympian and an outstanding presser, Russ Knipp (1942-2006) of Pittsburgh, PA was a popular Olympic weightlifter among the athletes and the Iron Game followers. Nick-named as “the knipper”, “the...
Pete George Wins the Snatch Competition
History in Color: October 14, 1950 – Peter George of Team USA snatches the top result (125kg) for the middleweights at the 1950 World Championship in Paris, France. Peter won both the snatch and clean-and-jerk...
Rudolf Mang (1950-2018)
Sad news came from Germany. One of the best super heavyweights of the 1970s, Rudolf Mang died of a heart attack at the age of 67. Rudolf Mang competed for Team Germany at the...
Louis Martin: British Weightlifting Legend
I used to go and train with Louis at his Club. The area was what I would describe as working class. Louis worked as an electrician with British Rail. In 1950’s / 60’s Britain...
Photo Report: Tokyo International (1979)
Here goes a quick photo report on the 1979 Tokyo International weightlifting tournament that was held on December 1, 1979 in Japan. Original photo source is available here. About the Tournament It was an...
Golovanov
History in Color: July 18, 1964, Kiev, Ukraine, USSR – Vladimir Golovanov of the Army Club, Khabarovsk, Russia wins the 1964 USSR Championship title in the 90kg class with the world record of 485kg...
Eternal World Records: 157.5kg Press By M.Kuchev
History in Color: August 30, 1972, Munich, Germany – Mladen Kuchev of Team Bulgaria sets the last world record in press (157.5kg) in the lightweight at the 1972 Summer Olympics. After the elimination of...
1st Chinese World Record Maker
On the History in Color photo, weightlifting legend Chen Jingkai of China is performing his favorite clean-and-jerk lift during a training session in China. Chen Jingkai (1935-2010) was the first weightlifting world record maker...
