Yury Chimrov (1956-2019)
Sad news just came from Ukraine… Yury Chimrov died on February 19, 2019. He was 63. RIP, Champion from the Dynamo Donetsk! Yury Chimrov was one of the young and promising Soviet heavyweights of...
Sad news just came from Ukraine… Yury Chimrov died on February 19, 2019. He was 63. RIP, Champion from the Dynamo Donetsk! Yury Chimrov was one of the young and promising Soviet heavyweights of...
History in Color: There are many photos like this in the personal photo archives of Olympic weightlifters – memories about being in the training camps, about being strong and young, about happy old days....
History in Color: Ocrober 6, 1982, Brisbane, Australia – Team Australia champions of the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane (left to right): Super heavyweight Dean Lukin, lightheavyweight Robert Kabbas, coach Paul Coffa and flyweight...
History in Color: Henryk Trebicki (1940-1996) was one of the best bantamweights in the history of Polish Olympic weightlifting. He represented Poland at 3 Summer Olympics – in 1964, 1968 and 1952. In 1964...
History in Color: August 11, 1948, London, Great Britain – 30-year old heavyweight Abraham “Bram” Charite of Netherlands is on his way to the bronze medal in the 82.5+ class at the 1948 Summer...
History in Color: March 18, 1984, Minsk, Belarus – World and European champion, Valery Kravchuk of Krivoy Rog, Ukraine competes at the 1984 USSR Championship in Minsk. He won the USSR title in the...
History in Color: July 27, 1967, Moscow, Russia – Olympic champion Alexey Vakhonin of the Trud Team (Shakhty, Russia) is preparing to enter the competition platform in the 56kg class at the 1967 USSR...
History in Color: July 29, 1928, Amsterdam, Netherlands – Legendary Czech heavyweight Jaroslav Skobla after winning a bronze medal in the 82.5kg weightclass at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Jaroslav Skobla (1899-1959) was...
History in Color: The cover photo shot rather from an unusual angle shows well-known Soviet weightlifting megastars of the 1970s during the introduction ceremony at the Baltic Cup: Left to right: Vladimir Ryzhenkov (82.5kg,...
History in Color: The cover photo features one of the best Czech heavyweights of the early 1980s, Pavel Khek performing a clean-and-jerk lift at the earlier stage of his career. Pavel Khek (born in...