Estonian Strongman Toivo Kurg
July 23, 1971, Moscow, USSR – 25-year old Estonian heavyweight Toivo Kurg competes in the 110kg weight class at the 1971 USSR Spartakiad in the Red Army Weightlifting Hall in Moscow. Toivo Kurg (b....
July 23, 1971, Moscow, USSR – 25-year old Estonian heavyweight Toivo Kurg competes in the 110kg weight class at the 1971 USSR Spartakiad in the Red Army Weightlifting Hall in Moscow. Toivo Kurg (b....
On the cover History in Color series photo, Olympic champion Sultan Rakhmanov of Avangard, Dnepropetrovsk, competes in the super heavyweight class at the 1979 USSR Spartakiad in Leningrad, Russia. Besides winning the Olympic super heavyweight title...
The original black-and-white photo came from persinal archives of legendary Soviet weightlifter and coach George Popov of Kiev, Ukraine. On the photo, George Popov (on the right) is depicted with his student Pinchas Kirshon in...
May 22, 1982, Dnepropetrovsk – 20-year old Israil Arsamakov of the Dynamo, Grozny club sets a new snatch world record of 179kg in the light heavyweight class at the 1982 USSR Championship at the...
Palms, beaches and seriously strong guys from the United States. The History in Color series features Team USA Weightlifting at the 1963 Pan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Left to right: Gary HANSON (56kg,...
September 11, 1963, Stockholm, Sweden – 22-year old light heavyweight Jaakko Kailajarvi of Pirkkala, Finland goes for a snatch wotld record in the 82.5kg class at the 1963 World Championship in Stockholm, Sweden. Jaakko...
Here goes another History in Color shot of American strongest that went to compete for the country at the first post World War II Olympics in London. Top row (left to right): Bob Hoffman,...
History in Color: A group shot of Soviet weightlifters that won gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow: (left to right) Viktor Mazin (Shakhtinsk, Kazakhstan, 60kg), Yury Sandalov (USSR Weightlifting Federation, Secretary), Sultan Rakhmanov...
In 1960 I made a decision to double my training load. To achieve this I made a set of weights from some gear wheels and started training in my kitchen. Training under these conditions...
August 3, 1964, Podolsk, Russia – Legendary Soviet heavyweight Yury Vlasov pressed 196kg and set new world record in this lift. In his career, Yury Vlasov authored 31 world records. Six of them were...