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History in Color: Tehran, Iran, 1955 – During the historical 1955 Team USA Weightlifting Tour to USSR, Egypt and Iran, Team U.S.A. weightlifters meet the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Team USA (left...
History in Color: The first Polish World Champion, Marian Zielinski is preparing for the lift. Marian Zielinski (1929-2005) was one of the best weightlifters in the world in the 1960s. He was the first...
History in Color: April 15, 1967, Moscow, USSR – Olympic champion Yury Vlasov competes in his last tournament at the 9th Summer Spartakiade of Moscow. At the tournament Vlasov pressed 199kg. This was the last...
Boris Selitsky, Olympic champion, World and European champion, USSR National and USSR Spartakiade champion, winner of the USSR Cup and world records holder of St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia turned 80 today! On behalf of...
Happy 40th Anniversary of the world record and Happy Birthday to Vladimir Kononov! History in Color: September 17, 1978, Dubna, Russia– Soviet sub heavyweight Vladimir Kononov of Samara (Kuybyshev), Russia sets two world records...
It always starts light and easy. Can’t be said better than by Marilyn Monroe herself in the History in Color series.
The History in Color series features a color version view of conversation between two legends of Team USA, Bob Bednarski and Norb Schemansky at the weightlifting gym in Detroit. The original photo was published...
Happy Birthday to Legendary Rudolf Plukfelder! According to most resources he was born on September 6, 1928. According to people close to him, he was actually born in 1927. His papers were lost during...
The History in Color series presents a group shot of the best heavyweights of Team USA in the 1950s. Actually, those were the best heavyweights not only of the USA but the whole world...
The black-and-white original for this History in Color photo of Olympic champion Jan Talts of Tallinn, Estonia was marked as “Jan Talts and friends in the restaurant in Tallinn. April 1968”. Not sure about...
USA Best in 1952: Tommy Kono and Peter George
20 Nov, 2018
Norbert Schemansky (USA): Got Muscles?
18 Nov, 2018
18 Nov, 2018
2 May, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
28 Sep, 2015
1 May, 2016
1 May, 2017
