Lazar Baroga (Romania): Tokyo, 1964
History in Color: October 16, 1964, Tokyo, Japan – 27-year old middle heavyweight Lazar Baroga of Sibiu, Romania competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Lazar Baroga...
History in Color: October 16, 1964, Tokyo, Japan – 27-year old middle heavyweight Lazar Baroga of Sibiu, Romania competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Lazar Baroga...
History in Color: June 20, 1968, Leningrad, USSR – 34-year old lightweight Balas Fitzi of Cluj, Romania performs a press lift in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1968 European Championships at the Winter...
History in Color: August 29, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden – Light heavyweight winners receive their medals for the 82.5kg weight class at the 1953 World Championships in Stockholm (left to right): Trofim Lomakin (USSR, silver...
May 15, 2019 – Happy 75th Birthday to Arpad Nemessanyi of Team Hungary! Arpad Nemessanyi (b. 1944) was one of the distinguished athletes from the famous Hungarian “magnificent seven” group that brought Hungary...
May 15, 2019 – Legendary sub heavyweight, world record holder Dzhamal Pahakhov of USSR, Kazakhstan turned 65 today. Happy Birthday, Champion! We already featured several photos of Dzhamal Panakhov in the History in Color...
May 15, 2019 – Happy 65th Birthday to Dragomir Cioroslan (Romania, USA), world class athlete, coach and executive
Happy 50th Birthday to one of the last of the Mohicans who competed for the legendary Team USSR Weightlifting turns 50 today! С 50-летием!
History in Color: November 26, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – One of the best heavyweights in the world of the 1950s, Humberto Selvetti of Argentina competes in the 90+kg class at the 1956 Summer Olympics in...
History in Color: October 25, 1983, Moscow, Russia – Olympic champion, legendary Yanko Rusev of Team Bulgaria competes in a clean-and-jerk program in the 67.5kg class at the 1983 World Championships at the Izmaylovo...
History in Color: July 26, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Olympic medal winners in the 75kg weight class of the weightlifting tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki (left to right): Gerry Gratton (Canada,...