Dito Shanidze (USSR, Georgia)
History in Color: 2x Olympic vice champion, champion of the World, Europe and USSR, Dito Shanidze (1937-2010) is getting ready for the next attempt.
History in Color: 2x Olympic vice champion, champion of the World, Europe and USSR, Dito Shanidze (1937-2010) is getting ready for the next attempt.
History in Color: Super heavyweight champion of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Sultan Rakhmanov of the Avangard Club (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine) competes at the 1982 USSR Cup in Moscow
History in Color: July 24, 1980, Moscow, Russia – 20-year old Asen Zlatev of Bulgaria wins a gold Olympic medal in the 75kg weight class at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Asen Zlatev...
History in Color: January 25, 1975, Christchurch, New Zealand – Weightlifting legend David Rigert of Team CCCP is getting ready to go for a world record in the snatch lift at the 1975 New...
History in Color presents a “color view” of legendary Kenneth “Ken” Patera of Team USA Weightlifting. Ken Patera (b. 1943) is a true legend of strength – not only in Olympic weightlifting but in...
History in Color presents a photo of one of the most impressive Swedish Olympic weightlifters of the late 1960s – 1970s Folke Klas-Ove Johansson. Ove Johansson (b.1943) competed in the super heavyweight for his...
The History in Color cover photo brings back a “look in color” on the Golden Age of American Olympic Weightlifting. This is a photo of legendary Norbert “Norb” Schemansky taken during the 1952 Summer...
History in Color: September 23, 1969, Warsaw, Poland – 22-year old super heavyweight Petr Pavlasek of Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslvakia competes at the 1969 World Championships in Warsaw. At the 147kg bodyweight, young Pavlasek took...
The History in Color features a color version of the photo with Olympic champion George Asanidze at the early stage of his career in Olympic weightlifting. George Asanidze (b. 1975) competed for his native...
History in Color: June 17, 1978, Havirov, Czechoslovakia – 1976 Summer Olympics Champion, legendary David Rigert of Team CCCP wins the gold medal in the 9okg class at the 1978 European Championships in Havirov....