Super Heavyweight Winners in December 1973
History in Color: December 18, 1973, Tuapse, Russia – Super heavyweight winners at the medal ceremony of the 110+kg class at the 1973 USSR Cup held at the Seaman Palace in Tuapse (left to...
History in Color: December 18, 1973, Tuapse, Russia – Super heavyweight winners at the medal ceremony of the 110+kg class at the 1973 USSR Cup held at the Seaman Palace in Tuapse (left to...
The day of December 28, 2019 marks the 10th Anniversary of the death of legendary super heavyweight lifter Khristo Plachkov (1953-2009) of Bulgaria. He was truly a legend in the history of Olympic weightlifting....
History in Color: October 24, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 19-year old Stefan Topurov of Team Bulgaria sets a new world record in clean-and-jerk (180kg) in the 60kg weight class at the 1983 World Championships...
History in Color June 16, 1955, Moscow, Russia – Legends of the U.S. weightlifting are being introduced during the introduction at the USA vs. USSR Olympic weightlifting match in the Green Theater in Moscow...
History in Color: September 19, 1962, Budapest, Hungary – Legend of French Olympic weightlifting, Marcel Paterni competes in the clean-and-jerk program in the 75kg weight class at the 1962 World and European Championships in...
History in Color: December 17, 1978, Fergana, Uzbekistan – 22-year old heavyweight Leonid Taranenko of Minsk, Belarus competes in the 110kg weight class at the 1978 USSR Cup in Fergana. In two years, Taranenko...
History in Color: August 26, 1983, Moscow – 19-year old Bulgarian middleweight Alexander Varbanov sets a new world record (210kg in clean-and-jerk) and wins his first world title in the 75kg class at the...
History in Color: October 4, 1931, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – Olympic champions and weightlifting legends of Europe, Rudolf Ismayr, Josef Strassberger (both Germany) and Carlo Galimberti (Italy) are enjoying the photo session during the...
History in Color: June 1964, Paris, France – Legendary super heavyweight, 28-year old Yury Vlasov of Team USSR goes for a clean-and-jerk world record (215kg) at the invitational international tournament dedicated to the 50th...
History in Color: April 23, 1978, Kiev, Ukraine – Olympic champion Valery Shary of Minsk, Belarus competes in the snatch program in the 82.5kg class at the 1978 USSR Championships in Kiev. By the...