Ivan Udodov
History in Color: July 12, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Soviet bantamweight Ivan Udodov of Rostov, Russia wins a gold Olympic medal in the 56kg weight class at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. This...
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Big Joy After a Big Win
History in Color: October 18, 1968, Mexico City, Mexico – Middle heavyweight Kaarlo Kangasniemi of Team Finland celebrates after winning gold Olympic medal in the 90kg class at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico...
Rafael Chimishkyan
History in Color features a color version of a clean-and-jerk lift by a legendary featherweight Rafael Chimishkyan (CCCP). Rafael Chimishkyan (b. 1929) competed in the 60kg class for Tbilisi, Georgia. Chimiskyan was the second...
Waldemar Baszanowski (Poland)
History in Color: Waldemar Baszanowski (1935-2011) was a legendary lifter from Poland. He is one of the greatest weightlifters of all time and nations. As a member of Polish national team, he took part...
Unsung Heroes: Vladimir Starostenko (CCCP)
History in Color: Vladimir Starostenko (1942-2010) competed in the heavyweight class for the Burevestnik Club of Moscow, Russia. He authored a 194kg world record in the press lift in 1969 and won a silver...
Dimitar Tramburdzhiev (Bulgaria)
History in Color features Bulgarian super heavyweight of late 1960s-early 1970s Dimitar Tramburdzhiev. Dimitar Tramburdzhiev (b. 1948) of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria was one of the candidates to the super heavyweight position with Team Bulgaria in...
Power Snatch by Captain America
History in Color: December 1955, NYC, NY – Olympic champion, 2x Olympic vice champion, captain of Team USA Weightlifting Peter George demonstrates a power snatch at the Madison Square Garden arena in New York....
Happy and Strong in 1955
History in Color: December 1955, NYC, NY – Athletes of Team USA Weightlifting seem to be happy, strong and confident before the upcoming 1956 Summer Olympics in front of thousands of spectators at the...
… and the Team of the Strong
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave Francis Scott Key … and should we add a humble but historically essential –...
Happy 4th of July!
This is a Happy 4th of July Olympic weightlifting style message! U.S. weightlifting has a long and impressive history of legendary teams, coaches and athletes. One of them was John Terpak (1912-1993) and, by...
