The Last Tournament of Yury Vlasov
History in Color: Moscow, USSR, April 15, 1967 – Yury Vlasov presses 199kg (world record) at the 9th Summer Spartakiade of Moscow. This was the last world record set by the legendary super heavyweight...
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Yury Vlasov (Stockholm, 1963)
History in Color: Stockholm, September 13, 1963 – Yury Vlasov of Moscow, Russia competes in the 90+kg weight class at the 1963 World Championship in Stockholm. Vlasov won his 4th world title with the...
World Record by Yury Vlasov
August 3, 1964, Podolsk, Russia – Legendary Soviet heavyweight Yury Vlasov pressed 196kg and set new world record in this lift. In his career, Yury Vlasov authored 31 world records. Six of them were...
Coaches and Athletes: Bogdasarov and Vlasov
The Lift Up: History in Color series features a photo of Suren Bogdasarov and Yury Vlasov discussing training plans back in the 1960s. Bogdasarov (1920-2009) was a prominent lifter of the 1940s and one...
Referee Sergey Artamonov is 85
January 30, 2022 – Outstanding Olympic weightlifting referee Sergey Artamonov celebrates his 85th Birthday today! Sergey Artamonov served as an official at the national and international IWF competitions for decades and without any doubts...
Going for the World Records in Press in 1968, Part 2: Karl Pumpurins (Latvia, USSR)
With 3 months left to the Olympic tournament in Mexico City, three outstanding pressers managed to set world records in the mid heavyweight (90kg class) . Part 1. June 3, 1968, Rattvik, Sweden –...
Lift Up: In Memoriam (2021)
Remembering Olympic weightlifting legends, athletes, coaches, administrators and many more, that we lost in 2021. In Memoriam 2021 Andreas BEHM, East Germany 1962 – 2021 Toivo KURG, Soviet Union 1946 – 2021 Jorgen Ludvig BARTH-JORGENSEN, Norway 1932...
Weightlifting Team in the Olympic Village in Tokyo, Japan
History in Color: Tokyo, Japan, October 1964, – Team CCCP Weightlifting is being interviewed by famous Soviet media personalities in the 1964 Olympic village in Tokyo. Front row (left to right): Vladimir Kaplunov (67.5kg),...
World Record at the European Championships in Moscow
History in Color: June 28, 1964, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Olympic champion Yury Vlasov, 28-year old super heavyweight of the Team USSR competes in the 90+kg weight class and wins a European title with...
Norbert Schemansky Goes For a World Record In Snatch (Tokyo, 1964)
History in Color: October 18, 1964, Tokyo, Japan – Legendary Norbert Schemansky of Detroit, MI, USA goes for a World record in snatch (173kg) in the 4th attempt during the 90+kg weight class tournament...
