Norbert Schemansky (USA): Got Muscles?
History in Color: October 18, 1964, Tokyo, Japan – 40-year old Norbert Schemansky of Michigan, USA won bronze medal in the 90+kg weightclass at his 4th Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Got muscles? Norb Schemansky...
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Leonid Zhabotinsky (USSR): The Strongest Cameraman in the World in the 1960s
History in Color: The original b/w photo was taken in 1968. Two-time Olympic champion in the super heavyweight, Leonid Zhabotinsky of Zaporozhye, Ukraine is having a good time with a film camera. Leonid Zhabotinsky (1938-2016)...
Harold Toshiyuki Sakata (USA)
History in Color: For the most of the world, he is known as Oddjob from the Goldfinger (1964), one of the classics of the James Bond movies. In his life outside the James Bond...
Jaakko Kailajarvi (Finland): Where in the World is Erajarvi?
Does anyone know where in the world is Erajarvi? Anyone from Erajarvi here? In the meantime, I looked it up on the map. It’s a small place in the Pirkanmaa region in Finland. There...
Victor Andreev (USSR): World Record in Press
History in Color: April 28, 1965, Alushta, Russia – 29-year old super heavyweight Victor Andreev of Cheboksary, Russia is preparing to set a new world record in press (198kg). World records holder and national...
Roberto “Tony” Urrutia (Cuba)
The History in Color series features 18-year old junior lightweight Roberto Urrutia of Team Cuba competing in a weightlifting tournament in Camaguey, Cuba in 1975. Roberto “Tony” Urrutia (born in 1957) was the first...
Arpad Nemessanyi (Hungary): Ready For the Olympic Challenges of Mexico City
History in Color: August 5, 1968, Budapest, Hungary – One of the first elite Olympic weightlifters to use the push jerk techniques, Arpad Nemessanyi of Team Hungary is preparing with the national team for...
Paul Anderson: Circus Act in Leningrad (1955)
History in Color June 18, 1955, Leningrad, Russia – Paul Anderson of Team USA competes in the 90+kg class in the second match of the historical USA vs. USSR Olympic weightlifting meet held in...
Alexander Kraychev (Bulgaria): Big Win and World Records in Szombathely
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...
Tony Terlazzo (USA): The Last Year at the York Barbell
History in Color: November 11, 1944, York, PA, USA – Legendary American featherweight, 33-year old Olympic champion Tony Terlazzo performs a clean-and-jerk lift while training at the good old York Barbell Club in York,...
