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History in Color: May 23, 1979, Varna, Bulgaria – 23-year old middleweight Yordan Mitkov of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria wins a gold medal in the 75kg class at the 1979 European Championships in Varna. Yordan Mitkov...
History in Color: October 4, 1959, Warsaw, Poland – 33-year old heavyweight Ivan Veselinov competes for Team Bulgaria in the 90+kg weight class at the 1959 World and European Championships in Warsaw. By the...
Very sad news for the world of Olympic weightlifting… Legend of this sport, Dr. Peter George passed away on Sunday. He was 92. I don’t think Peter George needs special introduction to anybody who...
Note: May 8, 2021 – Plamen Asparukhov of Bulgaria celebrates his 61st birthday. Happy Birthday, Champion! History in Color: July 28, 1980, Moscow, Russia, USSR – 20-year old sub heavyweight Plamen Asparukhov of Pernik,...
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...
History in Color: October 21, 1983 – Moscow, Russia – 16-year old Naim Suleymanov, rookie bantamweight of Bulgaria, sets a new world record (130kg) in the 56kg weight class at the 1983 World Championships...
History in Color: August 26, 1983, Moscow – 19-year old Bulgarian middleweight Alexander Varbanov competes in the 75kg class at the first World Championships in his career in Moscow in 1983. In the snatch...
History in Color: April 8, 1976, Berlin, East Germany – 22-year old World champion Trendafil Stoychev of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria competes for Team Bulgaria in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1976 European Championships in...
History in Color: July 9, 1979, Sofia, Bulgaria – 20-year old lightweight Yanko Rusev, member of the national weightlifting team of Bulgaria, clean-and-jerks a world record of 185.5kg and wins a gold medal in...
History in Color: August 28, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 21-year old light heavyweight Rumen Teodosiev of Burgas, Bulgaria competes in the 82.5kg class at the 1983 USSR Spatakiade and USSR Championships in Moscow, Russia....
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Jaan Talts: Lifting in the Late Period of His Career
November 15, 2023
Boris Pavlov Goes for a World Record in Minsk
November 11, 2023
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Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
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