Jozsef Jacso (Hungary)
History in Color: October 30, 1983, Moscow, Russia – Jozsef Jacso of Team Hungary wins a silver medal in the 110kg class at the 1983 World Championships in Moscow. Jozsef Jacso (b. 1962) was...
Category: Sports History
Leonid Zhabotinsky in Berlin (1966)
History in Color: October 21, 1966, Berlin, Germany – Legendary Soviet super heavyweight Leonid Zhabotinsky of Zaporozhye, Ukraine wins a gold medal in the 90+kg class at the 1966 World Championships in East Berlin...
Fedor Bogdanovsky
History in Color: March 1959, Moscow, USSR – Soviet middleweight lead of the 1950s, Olympic champion Fedor Bogdanovsky of Leningrad, Russia performs a split-style snatch in the 75kg class at the 1959 Prize of...
Alexander Falameev
The cover of the History in Color series features Alexander Falameev, athlete, coach, educator, referee and one of the key figures in the development Olympic weightlifting in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), Russia. Alexander Falameev (1924-2007)...
The Last Chance of Rudolf Plukfelder
History in Color: October 15, 1964, Tokyo, Japan – 37-year old light heavyweight Rudolf Plukfelder of Team USSR competes in the press lifting in the 82.5kg class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo....
Rumen Teodosiev (Bulgaria)
History in Color: August 28, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 21-year old light heavyweight Rumen Teodosiev of Burgas, Bulgaria competes in the 82.5kg class at the 1983 USSR Championships in Moscow, Russia. Rumen Teodosiev (b....
Team USA in Munich (1955)
History in Color: October 10, 1955, Minich, Germany – Team USA Weightlifting gathered for a group shot after the end of the 1955 World Championships in Munich (left to right): Bob Hoffman (coach, manager),...
Pavel Pervushin (1973)
History in Color: March 19, 1973, Tashkent, Uzbekistan – One of the most talented heavyweights of the early 1970s, Pavel Pervushin of Leningrad, Russia wins the 110kg weight class at the 1973 Friendship Cup...
Julian Creus (Great Britain)
History in Color: August 10, 1948, London, UK – British bantamweight Julian Creus competes for the medals in the 56kg weight class at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. It was a debut of...
Alberto Blanco (Cuba)
History in Color: March 16 1978, Moscow, Russia – Alberto Fernandez Blanco of Team Cuba performs a clean-and-jerk lift in the 100kg class at the 1978 Friendship Cup in Moscow. Alberto Fernandez Blanco (b....
