First Russian World Champion
History in color: The cover photo features our portrait of Sergey Eliseev (1876-1937) of Ufa, Russia, one of the first professional strongmen in the world, kettlebell and Olympic weightlifter of the early era in...
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Pisarenko (1981)
Weightlifting History in Color: One of the most memorable super heavyweights in the history of Olympic weightlifting, Anatoly Pisarenko of Kiev, Ukraine wins his first World Championship in Lille, France in 1981. Pisarenko won...
Olympic Press Lift By N.Schemanski
History in Color: September 13, 1963 – Legendary “Mr. Weightlifter” Norbert Schemansky of Team USA performs an Olympic press lift at the 1963 World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.
First World Championship Of Naim Suleymanoglu
History in Color: Original black-and-white picture by Gogi Gurgenyan features 16-year old Naim Suleymanov of Bulgaria receiving an ovation from the public at the 1983 World Championships in Moscow, Russia. It was his first...
First Attempt. No Lift.
History in Color: 32-year old David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia fails to clean-and-jerk the weight in the 1st attempt at the 1979 USSR Cup in Frunze, Kirgizia. In the end of the day, Rigert...
Antonio Krastev Of Bulgaria Wins the World Title
History in Color: Antonio Krastev of Haskovo, Bulgaria for the first time in his career becomes a World Champion at the 1985 World championships in Sodertelje, Sweden. Krastev won the tournament with the 437.5kg...
Training With Team CCCP
History in Color: Olympic champions, middle heavyweight Valery Shary of Minsk, Belarus and super heavyweight Sultan Rakhmanov of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine are smiling during the training session of the national team in 1979. Both Shary...
Sergey Lee (Kyrgyzstan)
History in Color: One of the best Soviet light heavyweights of the 1980s, Sergey Lee of Frunze, Kirgizia, competes in the 82.5kg class at the 1986 USSR Championship at the Izmaylovo Arena in Moscow,...
V.Alexeev: The Strongest Man On the Planet In the 1970s
On January 7, 2018, Vasily Alexeev (1942-2011) would have turned 76. Legendary super heavyweight Vasily Alexeev was the strongest man in the world of the 1970s. He was always the last one to enter...
Finnish Way: Split Style Clean in the Snow
We’ve got tons of snow yesterday. Perhaps, it’s time to practice split style clean like it is being done by well-known Finnish weightlifter Jaakko Kailajarvi, 4x Olympian and world records holder, shown on our...
