Nikolay Kolesnikov
History in Color: One of the best featherweights in the world in the 1970s, graduate of the famous weightlifting school in Shakhty, Russia, Nikolay Kolesnikov competes at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. A...
Category: Sports History
World Record By Jordan Mitkov
History in Color: April 7, 1976, Berlin, East Germany – 21-year old middleweight Yordan Mitkov of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria sets a new world record in clean-and-jerk at 190.5kg at the 1976 European Championships in East...
Pride of Norway
History in Color: Olympic champion Leif Jenssen of Norway competes at the1969 Nordic Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden. His results at the tournament were 140+132,5+160. Leif Jenssen (b. 1948) had a fantastic win in the...
Team Bulgaria 1972
History in Color: May 1972 – Ivan Abadzhiev has assembled the his Team Bulgaria Weightlifting for the 1972 European Championships in Romania (left to right): Front row: Ivan Abadzhiev (Head Coach), Norair Nurikian (60kg,...
Atanas Kirov: The Last World Title
History in Color: September 16, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Atanas Kirov of Burgas, Bulgaria competes in the 56kg class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. At the Worlds in 1975, Atanas Kirov won...
Royal Handshake In Moscow
September 23, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Vasily Alexeev of Shakhty, Russia just won the World title in the super heavyweight at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. One of his opponents, the best snatcher...
Bo Johansson of Sweden
September 26, 1969, Warsaw, Poland – 24-year old Swedish middle heavyweight Bo Johansson wins silver medal at the 1969 World Championships in Warsaw. Bo Johansson (b. 1945) was one of the best Swedish weightlifters...
Legendary John Grimek
History in Color: Legendary bodybuilder and Olympic weightlifter John Grimek (1910-1998) performing Olympic weightlifting in front of the audience back in his prime. As an Olympic weightlifter, John Grimek competed for the Team USA at...
Anton Kodzhabashev at the 1978 Friendship Cup
History in Color: March 16, 1978, Moscow, Russia – Junior flyweight Anton Kodzhabashev of Burgas, Bulgaria performs a snatch lift at the 1978 Friendship Cup in Moscow. Anton Kodzhabashev (b. 1959) went on to...
World Records By Kono
History in Color: August 29, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden – 23-year old U.S. middleweight Tommy Kono just set a world record in clean-and-jerk the officials are conducting the weigh-in procedure with the new record holder...
