Vasily Mazheykov (USSR), 1948-2020
History in Color: September 22, 1975, Moscow, Russia – 27-year old heavyweight from Alma Ata, Vasily Mazheykov competes for the Team USSR in the 110kg weight class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow....
History in Color: September 22, 1975, Moscow, Russia – 27-year old heavyweight from Alma Ata, Vasily Mazheykov competes for the Team USSR in the 110kg weight class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow....
September 6, 2020 – Legendary coach and athlete, Olympic champion and coach of many Olympic champions, Rudolf Plukfelder celebrates his 92nd birthday. Happy Birthday to the Champion! History in Color: August 13, 1959, Moscow,...
History in Color: August 30, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden – Legendary U.S. heavyweight, 2x Olympic Champion, 6x World Champion John Davis of NYC, NY, USA competes in the 90+kg weight class at the 1953 World...
History in Color: Moscow, Russia, USSR, March 1963 – Norbert “Norb” Schemansky of Detroit, Michigan, USA is training at the Dynamo Stadium during his stay in the Soviet Union for the 1963 Prize of...
History in Color: The cover photo shows one of the classic examples of a long-term weightlifting partnership between a coach and athlete in Olympic weightlifting. While serving in the army in Kazakhstan, Yury Zaytsev...
History in Color: Team USSR Weightlifting at the 1950 World Championships in Paris (left to right): Top row: N/A (Team Administartor), Gennady Balashov (67.5kg), Yakov Kutsenko (82.5kg+), Konstantin Nazarov (USSR Weightlifting Federation, Chair), Vladimir...
History in Color: September 19, 1975, Moscow, Russia, USS6 – Junior middleweight Yordan Mitkov of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria competes in the snatch program in the 75kg weight class at the 1975 World and European Championships...
History in Color: December 13, 1978, Fergana, Uzbekistan, USSR – 24-year old lightweight Alexander Ayvazyan competes in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1978 USSR Cup in Fergana. Alexander Ayvazyan (1954-2020) was one of...
Sad news arrived from Hungary. Gyorgy Rehus Uzor passed away on August 2020. He was 74. Our condolences to the family and friends of Gyorgy Rehus Uzor. RIP, Champion! History in Color: July 25,...
The History in Color series features a photo of David Rigert, one of the most memorable and admired athletes for several generations of Olympic weightlifters and Iron Game fans. Rigert is being remembered by...