Tagged: Yesterday’s Hero
One Year After the Big War: Weightlifting Champions in 1946
This was the first post-WWII national championship in the USSR. Most of the champions were World War 2 veterans. Many of the champions didn’t win the titles after the war because they never came...
May 9 – Remembering the Great Victory Day in 1945
Remembering the Great Victory Day in 1945… Many of them never came back from the war. Many of them are no longer around. The world is a different place today. New generations. New thoughts....
Wilhelm Turk: World Champion (1898)
The History in Color series of the Lift Up project presents our version of the portrait of Wilhelm Türk (1857-1920) of Austria-Hungary who won the 1898 World Championship in Vienna, Austria. Different weightlifting history...
Josef Steinbach (Austria): Weightlifting World Champion in the 1900s
History in color: The cover photo features our portrait of Josef Steinbach (1879-1937) of Austria, one of the strongest professional weightlifters in the world in the early era in the Iron Game history. Steinbach...
Weightlifting Legends Send You Their Smiles From Vienna (1954)
History in Color: October 7, 1954, Vienna, Austria – Legendary personalities of Olympic weightlifting send you their smiles from the Wiener Konzerthaus stage during the 1954 World Championships in Vienna (left to right): Clarence...
Group Snapshot with the Legends: Yury Vlasov and Humberto Selvetti (1963)
The History in Color series features a group shot with unforgettable champions from the past of Olympic weightlifting (left to right): Lifter from Argentina, Yury Vlasov (USSR), Humberto Selvetti (Argentina), Suren Bogdasarov (USSR) The...
Rafael Chimishkyan: Happy 90th Birthday!
March 19, 2019 – Happy Birthday to legendary Rafael Chimishkyan of Georgia! Today we celebrate his 90th birthday! He is still active, has a great sense of humor and very charismatic. Time didn’t change...
Paul Anderson (USA): Melbourne, 1956
History in Color: November 26, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – The strongest man in the world of the 1950s, heavyweight Paul Anderson of Team USA is on his way to the gold Olympic medal in...
Don’t Cry For Me Argentina: Paul Anderson and Humbero Selvetti in 1956
History in Color: November 26, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – Olympic vice champion, heavyweight Humberto Selvetti of Team Argentina congratulates Paul Anderson of Team USA with a gold medal in the 90+kg weight class at...
