Rolf Maier: 1960 France vs. Poland Meet in Paris
History in Color: June 26, 1960, Paris, France – Legendary French athlete and coach, Rolf Maier competes in the cj program of the France vs. Poland weightlifting meet at the Japy Voltaire Hall in...
History in Color: June 26, 1960, Paris, France – Legendary French athlete and coach, Rolf Maier competes in the cj program of the France vs. Poland weightlifting meet at the Japy Voltaire Hall in...
May 4, 2022 – Famous Swedish weightlifter Lennart ”Hoa-Hoa” Dahlgren celebrated his 70th Birthday. Happy Birthday to Lennart Dahlgren! Hooray-Hooray to “Hoa-Hoa” Dahlgren of Sweden! Folke Lennart Roland ”Hoa-Hoa” Dahlgren was one of the...
History in Color: Cairo, Egypt, 1930s – Olympic champion of the 1928 Summer Olympics, El Sayed Nosseir of Egypt is completing a one-hand lift at the Cairo Sporting Club. El Sayed Nosseir (1905-1977) was...
History in Color: East Berlin, GDR – Bulgarian sub heavyweight Plamen Asparukhov competes for the Army Team of Bulgaria in cj program in the 100kg weight class at the CKDA Championships in the late...
April 26, 2022 – Legendary Bulgarian weightlifting champion, author of eternal world record in press, Mladen Kuchev of Pleven, Bulgaria celebrates his Birthday today. Happy Birthday, Champ! History in Color: September 18, 1975, Moscow,...
History in Color: October 26, 1951, Milan, Italy – legendary Olympic weightlifter Ibrahim Shams of Alexandria, Egypt performs a split style clean in the lightweight class (67.5kg) at the 1951 World Championships in Milan....
History in Color: December 20, 1960, Ufa, Bashkiria, USSR –32 year old light heavyweight Rudolf Plukfelder of the Trud club (Shakhty) snatches 141.5kg and sets a new world record in the 82.5kg class at...
History in Color: April 6, 1976, Berlin, East Germany – Jan Lostowski, 25-year old lightweight of Team Poland, snatches 139kg in his 4th attempt and sets a new world record in the 67.5kg weight...
History in Color: September 22, 1975, Moscow, Russia – 19-year old junior heavyweight Valentin Khristov of Bulgaria snatches 180kg and sets a world record in the 110kg weight class at the 1975 World Championships...
History in Color: December 23, 1981, Donetsk, Ukraine, USSR – 27-year old super heavyweight Vladimir Marchuk of the Burevestnik club (Moscow) receives a gold medal after winning the 1st place in the 110+kg class...