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History in Color: Sofia, Bulgaria, 1979 – One of the most talented young athletes of Team Bulgaria, 23-year old light heavyweight Blagoy Blagoev perfoms jerks off the rack during his preparation for the Bulgarian...
History in Color: June 6, 1970, Szombathely, Hungary – 18-year old heavyweight Alexander Kraychev of Team Bulgaria competes in the snatch program in the 110kg class of the 1970 European Championships in Szombathely. Kraychev...
October 4, 2018 – one of the best middle heavyweights of the 1970s, Atanas Shopov of Bulgaria celebrates his 67th birthday! Happy Birthday, Champ! The History in Color series features Atanas Shopov competing for...
History in Color: May 25, 1989, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA – 18-year old flyweight Ivan Ivanov of Shumen, Bulgaria wins the 52kg class with 250kg total (107.5+142.5) at the 1989 World Junior Championships in...
History in Color: March 18, 1981, Lvov, Ukraine – 20-year old flyweight Zhenia Sarandaliev of Plovdiv, Bulgaria sets a new junior World record in clean-and-jerk (138kg) in the 52kg class at the 1981 Friendship...
Sad news from Shumen, Bulgaria. Vice Champion of the World (2002) Damian Damianov died at 39 due to severe liver and pancreatic problems. Our condolences go to the family and friends of Damian Damianov....
History in Color: Sofia, Bulgaria, 1971 – Student weightlifters at the Youth Sports School in Sofia (left to right): Top row: Yordan Bikov, Trendafil Stoychev, Nedelcho Kolev, Ivan Tonin (coach), Atanas Shopov, Krasimir Iliev,...
History in Color: March 1970, Minsk, Belarus – Winners of the 110kg class competition and the spectators in the arena listen to the USSR national anthem at the medal ceremony of the 1970 Friendship...
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 Championships in Moscow, Russia. Rumen Teodosiev (b....
History in Color: September 20, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Young light heavyweight star Trendafil Stoychev of Team Bulgaria goes for a 202.5kg clean-and-jerk in the 82.5kg class at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow....
Vasily Alexeev: Strong in Paris (1971)
12 Nov, 2019
Hans Zdrazila at the 1963 Danube Cup
12 Nov, 2019
Top 6 USSR Middle Heavyweights: Moscow, 1967
9 Nov, 2019
El Sayed Nosseir (Egypt): Training in Cairo,1929
9 Nov, 2019
2 May, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
28 Sep, 2015
1 May, 2016
1 May, 2017
