Anatoly Kozlov Turns 65
February 23, 2020 – World, European and USSR champion, holder of numerous world records, Anatoly Kozlov turns 65. Anatoly Kozlov of the Kholmsk, Sakhalin District, Russia was one of the strongest sub heavyweights in...
February 23, 2020 – World, European and USSR champion, holder of numerous world records, Anatoly Kozlov turns 65. Anatoly Kozlov of the Kholmsk, Sakhalin District, Russia was one of the strongest sub heavyweights in...
The History in Color series features a color version of the photo portrait of legendary Bulgarian weightlifter Ivan Veselinov. Ivan Veselinov (1926-1996) of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria was one of the best and most known Bulgarian...
History in Color: Riga, Latvia, USSR, 1966 – Legendary Olympic weightlifting presser Karlis Pumpurins of the Dynamo Riga club is getting ready to start the lift at a local tournament in his hometown Riga....
History in Color: October 3, 1959, Warsaw, Poland – Mid heavyweight Louis Martin, 23-year old rookie lifter of Team Great Britain, presses 137.5kg on his way to the gold medal in the 90kg weight...
History in Color: Mexico City, Mexico, 1967 – Olympic champion Leonid Zhabotinsky, super heavyweight of Zaporozhye, Ukraine, performs snatch lifts in the training hall in Mexico City during the pre-Olympic training camp with the...
History in Color: July 23, 1971, Moscow, Russia – Yury Kozin, 23-year old heavyweight of the Team Moscow wins a gold medal with 567.5kg (197.5+157.5+212.5) total in the 110kg competitions at the 1971 USSR...
History in Color: October 14, 1955, Munich, Germany – Olympic champion Peter George of Acron, Ohio, USA is on his way to win a gold medal in the 75kg weight class at the 1955...
History in Color: September 25, 1969, Warsaw, Poland –25-year old Masashi Ohuchi of Team Japan sets a new world record in the snatch lift (152.5kg) and wins the gold in the 82.5kg weight class...
History in Color: September 26, 1971, Lima, Peru – The super heavyweights receive their medals in the 110kg class tournament at the 1971 World Championships in Lima (left to right): Ivan Atanasov (Bulgaria, bronze...
Sad news came from Kazakhstan… Weightlifting champion, coach, world record holder, Dzhamal Panakhov died in Kokchetav, Kazakhstan. He was 65. Dzhamal Panakhov competed for the club of Dynamo, Kokchetav in Kazakhstan. His forte was...