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History in Color: One of the best Olympic pressers in the history of weightlifting, Grigory Novak performs an exhibition lifting at the football stadium in the 194os. Grigory Novak (1919-1980) was a national hero...
History in Color: One of the pioneers of Olympic weightlifting in the USSR, Israel Mekhanik (1909-1989) performs a one-hand snatch in the mid 1930s. Israel Mechanik competed in the light weight for the Lokomotiv...
History in Color: R. Plyukfelder The History in Color cover photo features our color version of the black-and-white photo of legendary Olympic weightlifter and coach Rudolf Plukfelder back in 1959. Rudolf Plukfelder...
History in Color: One of the rare group shots of the earliest Olympic weightlifting pioneers in the USSR (left to right): Front row: Alexander Miezitis (former wrestler and Latvian Olympian (1912), one of the...
History in Color: World records holder, 3x USSR champion (1983, 1984, 1987), USSR Spartakiad champion (1983), 3x USSR Cup winner (1982, 1983, 1985), 3x clean-and-jerk USSR champion and 6x USSR snatch champion, lightweight Vladimir...
The question is most definitely sarcastic. The cover photo of the History in Color series features the 1984 Team USSR Weightlifting. Due to the boycott of the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles by the...
History in Color: July 26, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – 22-year old lightweight Tamio “Tommy” Kono of Team USA competes at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. The gold medal at the Summer Olympics in...
History in Color: American finest Olympic weightlifters and coaches are ready for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo (1964). Left to right: Bob Hoffman (York, PA; Head Coach), Norbert Schemansky (Detroit, MI; 90+kg, bronze medal),...
History in Color: June 23, 1970, Szombathely, Hungary – Legendary Gennady Ivanchenko of Riga, Latvia competes for Team CCCP in the light heavyweight at the 1970 European Championship in Szombathely. In the end of...
History in Color: September 23, 1977, Stuttgart, Germany – One of the all-time best Finnish weightlifters, Pekka Niemi competes in the snatch program in the 100kg weight class at the 1977 World Championship in Stuttgart,...
Grigory Novak: King of Olympic Press
19 May, 2018
19 May, 2018
18 May, 2018
Legendary Rudolf Plukfelder: Now and Then
17 May, 2018
Pioneers of Olympic Weightlifting
17 May, 2018
2 May, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
28 Sep, 2015
1 May, 2016
1 May, 2017
