Russ Knipp at the 1972 Olympics in Munich
August 31, 1972, Munich, West Germany – Middleweight Russ Knipp competes for the United States in the 75kg weight class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. His final total was 457.5kg (160+127.5+170)
August 31, 1972, Munich, West Germany – Middleweight Russ Knipp competes for the United States in the 75kg weight class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. His final total was 457.5kg (160+127.5+170)
September 4, 1972, Munich, West Germany –Winners of the Olympic weightlifting competition in the 110kg class receive their medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (left to right): Alexander Kraychev (Bulgaria), silver medal,...
History in Color: December 20, 1981, Donetsk, Ukraine – Legendary Soviet weightlifter David Rigert competes in the 100kg class at the 1981 USSR Cup in Donetsk, Ukraine. David Rigert was 34 at the time....
History in Color: November 11, 1986, Sofia, Bulgaria – Bulgarian middleweight Alexander Varbanov sets a new world record (215kg in clean-and-jerk) and wins the world title in the 75kg class at the 1986 World...
June 2, 2023 – Hungarian Olympian and famous weightlifting champion Michaly Huszka (1933-2022) was born in Czongrad, Hungary. He would have been celebrating his 90th birthday today History in Color: July 16, 1960, Budapest,...
Blast from the past… 50 years ago, Olympic weightlifting heavyweights (left to right) Karl Usar, Toivo Kurg (both of Estonia) and Sultan Rakhmanov of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine are enjoying the beach season in Alushta, Crimea...
History in Color @LiftUp: June 13, 1978, Havirov, Czechoslovakia – 19-year old junior lightweight Yanko Rusev of Bulgaria performs a cj lift in the 67.5kg weight class on his way to his first career...
History in Color @LiftUp: October 3, 1959, Warsaw, Poland – 32-year old rookie weightlifter of the national Team USSR, Rudolf Plukfelder competes in the 82.5kg weight class at his first World Championships in Warsaw...
History in Color: October 15, 1950, Paris, France – Legendary American heavyweight, 2x Olympic Champion, 6x World Champion John Davis competes at the 1950 World Championship in Paris, France. John Davis (1921-1984) definitely deserves...
History in Color: May 12, 1958, Chicago, IL, USA – Soviet and U.S Olympic weightlifters are waiting for the opening call of the first match of the 1958 USA vs. USSR match in Chicago....