Yury Chimrov (USSR)
Yury Chimrov (b. 1956, shown on the cover photo) was one of the young and promising Soviet heavyweights of the late 1970’s and early 1980s. He competed for the Dynamo club of Donetsk, Ukraine...
Category: Sports History
Athletes and Coaches: Chimishkyan and Mekhanik
Featherweight Rafael Chimishkyan and, one of the Team CCCP coaches, Israel Mekhanic are waiting for the shuttle bus in the Olympic village in Helsinki in 1952. Chimishkyan just won a gold Olympic medal in...
Theater of One Athlete
David Rigert, legendary Soviet Olympic weightlifter, is getting ready to snatch 167.5kg at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow. This was a trademark prep pose of Rigert on the platform. In a few seconds,...
Pavel Syrchin (USSR)
History in Color: August 2, 1979, Leningrad, USSR – Member of Team USSR Weightlifting, Pavel Syrchin is getting ready to lift in the 100kg class at the 1979 Spartakiad of the USSR. Pavel Syrchin...
Khasan Yagly-Ogly
The “History in Color” photo features one of the pioneers of post World War II weightlifting in the USSR, Khasan Yagly-Ogly (1927-1994) performing the jerk lift at the competition in the 1950s. Khasan Yagly-Ogly...
Puerto Rico Strongest
October 13, 1968, Mexico City, Mexico – Fernando Baez of Puerto Rico competes in the bantamweight class at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Fernando Baez (born in 1941) competed in the 56kg class and won...
World Record By Bob Bednarski (USA)
September 27, 1969, Warsaw, Poland – 25-year old Bob Bednarski of USA sets a new world record in snatch in the heavyweight class at the 1969 World Championship in Warsaw. We already featured legendary...
’72 Team Canada Selects in Russia (2017)
Selected members of legendary 1972 Team Canada (click the cover photo to enlarge ) arrived to Russia for the celebration the 45th Anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series in Russia. The slide shows combines...
Dmitry Ivanov: Soviet Sports Writer and Athlete
On the “History in Color” cover photo, Soviet lightweight champion Dmitry Ivanov performs a split style snatch in the training hall in the early 1950s. Dmitry Ivanov (1928-1993) was one of the most known...
John Grimek (USA)
In this “History in Cover” issue, we feature a photo of legendary John Grimek performing one of the strength feat of the time – tearing apart a Chicago telephone book. John Grimek (1910-1998) was a...
