Lee James (USA) in Moscow, 1978
History in Color: March 19, 1978, Moscow, Russia – Olympic vice champion Lee James of the United States competes in the 90kg class at the 1978 Friendship Cup in Moscow. It was one of...
History in Color: March 19, 1978, Moscow, Russia – Olympic vice champion Lee James of the United States competes in the 90kg class at the 1978 Friendship Cup in Moscow. It was one of...
History in Color: September 20, 1975, Moscow, Russia – 24-year old Peter Baczako of Hungary snatches 157.5kg in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. Peter Baczako won the 5th...
History in Color: March 18, 1974, Yerevan, Armenia –26-year old light heavyweight Vladimir Ryzhenkov of Moscow, Russia receives a gold medal for winning in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1974 Friendship Cup in...
May 19, 2019 – Great Swedish Champion Arvid Andersson (1919-2011) would have turned 100. Happy Birthday to the legendary champion! Olof Arvid Andersson (1919-2011) happens to be the most successful Swedish Olympic weightlifter of...
History in Color: September 1, 1981, Podolsk, Russia – With two weeks left to the opening of the 1981 World Championships in Lille, France, legendary light heavyweight Yurik Vardanyan of Leninakan (Gyumry), Armenia is...
History in Color: On September 10, 1960, legendary heavyweight Yury Vlasov of Team USSR became an Olympic champion in the 90+kg class in Rome, Italy. The black-and-white original for this History in Color photo...
History in Color: October 16, 1964, Tokyo, Japan – 27-year old middle heavyweight Lazar Baroga of Sibiu, Romania competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Lazar Baroga...
History in Color: June 20, 1968, Leningrad, USSR – 34-year old lightweight Balas Fitzi of Cluj, Romania performs a press lift in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1968 European Championships at the Winter...
History in Color: August 29, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden – Light heavyweight winners receive their medals for the 82.5kg weight class at the 1953 World Championships in Stockholm (left to right): Trofim Lomakin (USSR, silver...