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History in Color: August 30, 1985, Sodertelje, Sweden – Alexander Gunyashev of Taganrog, Russia competes in the super heavyweight class at the 1985 World championship in Sodertelje, Sweden. Alexander Gunyashev (b. 1959) was one...
Weightlifting History in Color: September 25, 1977, Stuttgart, Germany – One of the memorable super heavyweights of the 1970s, Jouko Leppa of Heinola, Finland competes in the snatch program of the 1977 World Championship...
History in Color: July 31, 1979, Leningrad, Russia – Gennady Bessonov of Shakhty, Russia competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1979 USSR Championship and Spartakiad. Gennady Bessonov (b. 1954) needs no special...
Weightlifting History in Color: Team USSR Weightlifting is training during the 1963 World Champuonship in Stockholm, Sweden. In the back (left to right), Vladimir Kaplunov (67.5kg, Khabarovsk, Russia), Eduard Brovko (90kg, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine), Alexey...
Our History in Color photo series presents Ruslan Tarkil of the Gantiadi club of Sukhumi, Abkhazia performing the snatch lift at the Friendship Cup. Ruslan Tarkil is definitely an “unsung hero” of Olympic weightlifting...
History in Color: August 8, 1984, Los Angeles, California – Mario Martinez, 27-year old super heavyweight of Team USA, wins a silver medal in the 110+kg class at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los...
The Weightlifting History in Color cover photo features the clean-and-jerk lift by Fred Lowe, one of the most impressive U.S. middleweight. Frederick “Fred” Lowe (b. 1947) was a 3-x U.S. Olympian. He competed at...
History in Color: Gorky Park, Moscow, 1936 – Pioneers of Soviet weightlifting perform demo lifts in the famous Moscow entertainment and leisure park. On the right, Alexander Bukharov is commenting the event and spotting...
The History in Color series features Cuban lightweight champ Roberto Urrutia training in Cuba. Roberto “Tony” Urrutia (born in 1957) was the first Cuban weightlifter ever to set a world record (1975) and to...
History in Color: July 24, 1976, Montreal, Canada – Soviet light heavyweight Valery Shary of Minsk, Belarus, competes in the snatch program of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. After a disaster performance in...
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