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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
History in Color: The cover photo features legendary Soviet middleweight Viktor Kurentov, Olympic champion, 5x World champion, 7x European champion, 9x USSR champion and a holder of 22 world records set in his outstanding...
History in Color: July 21, 1976, Montreal, Canada – The first world champion and the first world record holder of Cuba, Roberto “Tony” Urrutia competes for Team Cuba in the 67.5kg class at the...
History in Color: Olympic champion Yury Zaytsev is performing clean-and-jerk at the 1979 USSR Spartakiade in Leningrad, Russia. Yury Zaytsev was one of the strongest Soviet heavyweights (110kg) in the 1970s. He competed for...
History in Color: August 3, 1967, Moscow, Russia – Soviet super heavyweight Leonid Zhabotinsky of Zaporozhye, Ukraine competes at the 1967 USSR Spartakiade in Moscow. At the time, Leonid Zhabotinsky was the strongest man...