Janos Benedek (Hungary)
History in Color: September 14, 1970, Columbus, OH, USA – 26-year old featherweight Janos Benedek of Team Hungary competes in the Olympic press program in the 60kg class at the 1970 World Championships in...
Category: Sports History
Athletes and Coaches: Israel and Vartan Militosyan
History in Color: December 1984, Yerevan, Armenia – 16-year old winner of the 1984 USSR Cup in the featherweight, Israel Militosyan is being trained by his uncle and coach, Olympic vice champion Vartan Militosyan...
Happy 75th Birthday to Joe Dube (USA)!
On February 15, 2019, great champion Joe Dube (USA) turned 75!!! Joe Dube is a World Champion (1969), bronze medalist of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and a champion of the 1967...
1970 Team Czechoslovakia: R&R in Darkov
History in Color: Darkov, Czechoslovakia, 1970 – Members of Team Czechoslovakia weightlifting are enjoying a free minute outdoors in the park after visiting a famous spa place in Darkov (left to right): Petr Pavlásek,...
Vladimir Pushkarev (USSR, Russia): Austria, 1951
History in Color: May 11, 1951, Vienna, Austria – Soviet middleweight Vladimir Pushkarev of Moscow, Russia competes for the national Team USSR in the 75kg class in the Austria vs. Soviet Union weightlifting match...
Zdravko Stoichkov (Bulgaria)
History in Color: October 26, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 21-year old middleweight Zdravko Stoichkov of Team Bulgaria performs a snatch lift in the 75kg class at the 1983 World Championships in the Izmaylovo Weightlifting...
Vladimir Marchuk (USSR, Russia) Wins a National Title in 1980
History in Color: May 18, 1980, Moscow, Russia – 26-year old super heavyweight Vladimir Marchuk of the Burevestnik Team, Moscow wins a national title in the 110+kg class at the 1980 USSR Championships in...
Tony Urrutia (USA) at the 1988 Friendship Cup
History in Color March 3, 1988, Tallinn Estonia – 29-year old middleweight Roberto “Tony” Urrutia competes for Team USA in the 75kg weight class at the 1989 Friendship Cup in Tallinn. Roberto “Tony” Urrutia...
Ivan Abadzhiev (Bulgaria): 87 Years Ago the Legend of Olympic Weightlifting Was Born
History in Color : November 15, 1986, Sofia, Bulgaria – 54-year head coach of Team Bulgaria, Ivan Abadzhiev is holding the IWF Award for the best team of the 1986 World Championships in Sofia....
Athletes and Coaches: Yury Vlasov and Suren Bogdasarov
The Lift Up: History in Color series features a photo of Yury Vlasov and his coach Suren Bogdasarov jogging in the morning in the 1960s. Suren Bogdasarov (1920-2009) was a prominent weightlifter of the 1940s...
