Roman Holiday (1960)
The year of the make is not a typo. Unlike movie classic masterpiece “Roman Holiday” (1953), there is no Audrey Hepburn and no Gregory Peck in this one. It’s a group snapshot of athletes...
The year of the make is not a typo. Unlike movie classic masterpiece “Roman Holiday” (1953), there is no Audrey Hepburn and no Gregory Peck in this one. It’s a group snapshot of athletes...
History in Color: Melbourne, Australia, November 1956 – Paul Anderson (USA) and Yakov Kutsenko (USSR) in the Olympic village at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. At the 1956 Olympics, Paul Anderson won the...
July 20, 2023 – Sad news came from Lviv, Ukraine. Legendary Soviev flyweight Adam Gnatov passed away in his hometown at 78. Adam Gnatov competed in the 52kg weight class. He was a vice...
History in Color@LiftUp: September 10, 1963, Stockholm, Sweden – 33-year old Tommy Kono of the United States competes in the middleweight class (75kg) at the 1963 World Championships in Stockholm. It was the last...
History in Color@LiftUp: September 19, 1958, Stockholm, Sweden – 2-time Olympic Champion, legendary Tommy Kono of the United States competes in the middleweight class (75kg) and sets a world record in snatch (133.5kg) at...
History in Color @LiftUp: August 29, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden – 23-year old U.S. middleweight Tommy Kono just set a world record in clean-and-jerk and the officials are conducting the weigh-in procedure with the new...
History in Color@LiftUp: August 29, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden – Olympic Champion of Helsinki (1952), 23-year old Tommy Kono of the United States competes in the middleweight class (75kg) and sets a world record in...
1. Olympic Weightlifting Saga (Stockholm, Sweden) Back in the old days, Stockholm hosted Olympic Weightlifting World Championships three times – in 1953, 1958 and 1963. Ironically, the years are a perfect match to the...
July 1, 2023 – Happy Birthday to Jaakko Kailajarvi, legendary Finnish weightlifter, 4-time Olympian, champion and world records holder. In addition, it’s a special date in the history of Olympic weightlifting in Finland. On...
June 16, 2023 – Ben Helfgott, Holocaust survivor and British Olympian at the Olymics in 1956 and 1960, died at 93. Benjamin “Ben” Helfgott survived the Holocaust as a teenager and then he went...