Club 500: Karl Pumpurins (Latvia, USSR)
History in Color: July 23, 1971, Moscow, Russia – Heavyweight Karl Pumpurins of the Dynamo (Riga) club competes for Team Latvia in the 110kg weight class at the 1971 USSR Championships and Spartakiade at...
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Gennady Ivanchenko (USSR): Pressing Strong in 1971
History in Color: July 21, 1971, Moscow, Russia – The first light heavyweight in the club 500, World Champion, Gennady Ivanchenko of Riga, Latvia is pressing heavy on his way to a gold medal...
Karl Pumpurins (Latvia) in 1971
History in Color: July 23, 1971, Moscow, Russia –Heavyweight Karl Pumpurins of Team Latvia is seen at the weighing procedure before the beginning of the 110kg competitions at the 1971 USSR Championships and Spartakiade...
Arturs Sliede of Riga, Latvia
History of Olympic weightlifting consists of many stories about legendary weightlifters, coaches, trainers and administrators. Some of them are well-known. Some less. Some for a variety of reasons escaped the spotlight of historic reviews...
Press Lift by Karl Pumpurins
Karl Pumpurins of Riga, Latvia competes in the press lift at the 1971 USSR Spartakiad in Moscow. Pumpurins pressed 195kg in the 110kg weight class and took the 5th place with the 540kg total (195+145+200)....
15 Seconds Of Magic With Helmut Balderris
Continuing celebration the 65th Birthday of Helmut Balderis, we present a mini-player with selected under 15 seconds clips showcasing some of his magic moments on ice. Click “View More” and celebrate!
Happy Birthday to Helmut Balderis: The Greatest Hockey Magician Turns 65!
Happy Birthday to Helmut Balderis! The greatest hockey magician of all times, nations and leagues around the world turns 65 on July 31! It was a pure joy to watch him playing when we...
Karl Pumpurins
History in Color: Karlis Pumpurins of Riga, Latvia is preparing to press 195kg at the 1971 USSR Spartakiade in Moscow
Balderisomania at Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski
Just a quick reminder… Balderisomania Never Stops @ Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski With latest amount of posts about the history of Olympic weightlifting and the latest new development of the Lift Up project, we had...
Happy Holiday Season To All Baderisomaniacs!
We all love Holiday celebrations and Helmut Balderis, the best hockey player of all times and nations! Back in the days, around every Christmas and New Year, there was the Izvestia Cup, international hockey...
