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Meet the Press: Feodosia, circ. 1978
History in Color: Feodosia, USSR, circ. 1978 – Soviet weightlifting champions at the meeting in the training camp in Feodosia (left to right): Igor Kudyukov (Team USSR head coach), Alexander Voronin (52kg, Kemerovo, Russia),...
Ota Zaremba (Czechoslovakia): Leningrad, 1979
History in Color: August 1, 1979, Leningrad, Russia, USSR – 22-year old Ota Zaremba of Team Czechoslovakia competes in the 100kg weight class at the 1979 USSR Spartakiade and 1979 USSR Championships in Leningrad....
Club 500: George Dyachenko (Ukraine, USSR)
History in Color: July 19, 1964, Kiev, Ukraine, USSR – 25-year old super heavyweight George Dyachenko of Lugansk (Voroshilovgrad), Ukraine, competes in the 102.5+kg class at the 1964 USSR Championships in Kiev. George Dyachenko...
Club 500: Alexander Dzhedzhelava (Georgia, USSR)
History in Color: December 22, 1968, Alma Ata, Kazakhstan, USSR – World record holder and outstanding heavyweight contender, Alexander Dzhedzhelava of Tbilisi, Georgia, competes in the 110kg class at the 1968 USSR Team Championships...
Olympic Champion Kaarlo Kangasniemi Turns 80!
February 4, 2021 – Happy 80th Birthday to Kaarlo Kangasniemi! Olympic champion Kaarlo Kangasniemi of Pori, Finland is a true legend of Olympic weightlifting. 3x Finnish Olympian, author of 17 world records, Kaarlo Kangasniemi...
17-year Old Antonio Krastev (Bulgaria) Sets a New Junior World Record in Debrecen
History in Color: June 3, 1979, Debrecen, Hungary – 17-year old super heavyweight Antonio Krastev of Haskovo, Bulgaria sets a new junior world record in clean-and-jerk (212.5kg) in the 110+kg weight class at the...
Vyacheslav Klokov (Russia, USSR) Wins the Snatch Competition (Moscow, 1983)
History in Color: July 31, 1983, Moscow, Russia, USSR – 24 year-old heavyweight Vyacheslav Klokov snatches 190kg in the 3rd attempt while competing in the 110kg weight class at the 1983 USSR Spartakiade and...