Gyozo Veres: Early Years
The History in Color presents a color version of the photo of young Hungarian athlete Gyozo Veres practicing a clean-and-jerk lift outdoors. As we all know, Veres became one of the best weightlifters in...
The History in Color presents a color version of the photo of young Hungarian athlete Gyozo Veres practicing a clean-and-jerk lift outdoors. As we all know, Veres became one of the best weightlifters in...
History in Color: September 20, 1975, Moscow, Russia – 22-year old light heavyweight Trendafil Stoichev of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria wins a silver medal at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow. Trendafil Stoichev (b. 1953) was...
History in Color: Vice champion of Europe (1993), winner of the 1989 USSR Cup, USSR Champion in snatch, 1996 Olympian, Oleg Kechko of Minsk, Belarus competes in the 75kg weight class at the 1989...
History in Color: September 16, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Olympic champion Norair Nurikyan of Team Bulgaria competes in the 56kg weight class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. Norair Nurikyan (b. 1948) is...
History in Color series a color version of the portrait of two remarkable personalities in the early history of Olympic weightlifting in the Soviet Union. Jan Sparre Sr. (left) and Alexander Bukharov were the...
History in Color: October 24, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 19-year old Bulgarian feather weight Stefan Topurov clean-and-jerks new world record (180kg) at the 1983 World Championships and becomes the first man in the world...
History in Color: Legendary super heavyweight Anatoly Pisarenko and the head coach of Team Ukraine Yakov Krinitsky. Krinitsky was a personal coach of such distinguished champions as Vladimir Belyaev and Valery Kuznichenko (seen in...
History in Color: Young athlete Boris Pavlov, future Olympian, world champion and record holder, and outstanding Soviet athlete and coach Khasan Yagly-Ogly of Kharkov, Ukraine.
History in Color: Young Georgian weightlifter Kakhi Kakhiashvili and his coach Ivan Grikurov during the training in Tskhinvali. In a years to come, both will become legends in Olympic weightlifting world. Kakhi Kakhiashvili won...
History in Color: The titans of Estonian Olympic weightlifting of late 1960s – mid 1970s at the training session in Tallinn, Estonia. Left to right: Jaan Talts, Karl Utsar and Toivo Kurg.