Sparre and Bukharov
History in Color series a color version of the portrait of two remarkable personalities in the early history of Olympic weightlifting in the Soviet Union. Jan Sparre Sr. (left) and Alexander Bukharov were the...
History in Color series a color version of the portrait of two remarkable personalities in the early history of Olympic weightlifting in the Soviet Union. Jan Sparre Sr. (left) and Alexander Bukharov were the...
History in Color: October 24, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 19-year old Bulgarian feather weight Stefan Topurov clean-and-jerks new world record (180kg) at the 1983 World Championships and becomes the first man in the world...
History in Color: Legendary super heavyweight Anatoly Pisarenko and the head coach of Team Ukraine Yakov Krinitsky. Krinitsky was a personal coach of such distinguished champions as Vladimir Belyaev and Valery Kuznichenko (seen in...
History in Color: Young athlete Boris Pavlov, future Olympian, world champion and record holder, and outstanding Soviet athlete and coach Khasan Yagly-Ogly of Kharkov, Ukraine.
History in Color: Young Georgian weightlifter Kakhi Kakhiashvili and his coach Ivan Grikurov during the training in Tskhinvali. In a years to come, both will become legends in Olympic weightlifting world. Kakhi Kakhiashvili won...
History in Color: The titans of Estonian Olympic weightlifting of late 1960s – mid 1970s at the training session in Tallinn, Estonia. Left to right: Jaan Talts, Karl Utsar and Toivo Kurg.
History in Color: August 26, 1983, Moscow – Alexander Varbanov of Bulgaria wins his first world title in the 75kg class at the 1983 World Championships in Moscow. Varbanov went on to win gold...
History in Color: The first Soviet world champion, weightlifter Grigory Novak is challenging local strongmen for a friendly armwrestling match during a cultural visit of the USSR delegation to Burma.
History in Color: September 1970, JFK Airport, New York – Olympic weightlifters of Team Bulgaria are going home from the 1970 World Championships in Columbus, OH. Left to Right: Atanas Kirov (56kg), Atanas Shopov...
History in Color: King Baudoin of Belgium and his men are visiting Belgian Olympic team before the 1968 Summer Olympic Games of Mexico. The royal support helped! Belgian weightlifting greats had a great performance...