Team Moscow Champs in Voronezh (1949)
History in Color: May 18, 1949, Voronezh, Russia –Weightlifting Team Moscow wins the top national award for the 1st place in the teams’ competition at the 1949 USSR Championships on the stage of Music...
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Paul Anderson (USA): Melbourne, 1956
History in Color: November 26, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – The strongest man in the world of the 1950s, heavyweight Paul Anderson of Team USA is on his way to the gold Olympic medal in...
Casually Fabulous Norb Schemansky
When you work on old weightlifting pictures, at certain point, it becomes like a game. Have I been here before? Have I seen this photo before? Have I done this photo already in the...
Bakir Farkhutdinov (USSR, Russia)
History in Color: October 7, 1954, Vienna, Austria – Soviet bantamweight Bakir Farkhutdinov of Moscow, Russia wins the World title in the 56kg weight class at the 1954 World Championships in Vienna. Bakir Farkhutdinov...
Middle Heavyweights Intro at the Prize of Moscow (1961)
History in Color: March 11, 1961, Moscow, Russia – Middle heavyweight athletes ate being introduced before the competition in the 90kg weight class at the 1961 Prize of Moscow invitational tournament in Moscow (left...
Medal Ceremony For Heavyweights in Tehran
History in Color: November 12, 1957, Tehran, Iran – Heavyweight champions receive medals for the 90+kg weight class competition of the 1957 World Championships in Teheran: Left to right: Humberto Selvetti (Argentina, silver medal),...
Tommy Kono (USA): Press Lift at the 1958 USA vs USSR Weightlifting Match
History in Color: May 12, 1958, Chicago, IL – Legendary Tommy Kono competes for the U.S. team in the 75kg class in the first match of the 1958 USA vs USSR Olympic weightlifting series...
Alexey Vakhonin Wins the Olympics in Tokyo
History in Color: October 11, 1964, Tokyo, Japan – 29-year old Soviet bantamweight Alexey Vakhonin of Shakhty, Russia wins the gold in the 56kg class at opening night of the weightlifting tournament of the...
Joe Di Pietro and John Davis (1948)
History in Color: July 21, 1948, Southampton, UK – Members of the U.S. Olympic weightlifting team, bantamweight Joe Di Pietro of New Jersey and heavyweight John Davis of New York City are enjoying the...
Alexander Voronin (USSR, Russia) Wins the 1976 Olympics in Montreal
History in Color: July 18, 1976, Montreal, Canada – 25-year old Soviet flyweight Alexander Voronin of Kemerovo, Russia prepares for lifting in the 52kg weight class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Alexander...
