Pioneers of Weightlifting
History in Color: The photo features pioneers of the Soviet weightliftin in the pre World War II era. The exact location and date haven’t been identified yet. From right to left, you can see...
History in Color: The photo features pioneers of the Soviet weightliftin in the pre World War II era. The exact location and date haven’t been identified yet. From right to left, you can see...
History in Color: Best Soviet super heavyweights gathered to compete at the 1979 U.S.S.R. Spartakiade in Leningrad. The only exception was Vasily Alexeev who was on the injured list and trained for the 1980 Olympics...
History in Color: Olympic weightlifting legend, Norbert Ozimek of Poland performs a 220kg back squat in training. His coach Augustyn Dziedzic is spotting behind.
History in Color: One of the greatest weightlifters of Poland, Marian Zielinski is training in the national team camp. Marian Zielinski (1929-2005) was one of the best in the world in the 1960s. He...
History in Color: David Rigert of Team CCCP Weightlifting cj’s 220kg and becomes the world champion in Gettysburg, USA (1978). It was the 7th world title of the legendary weightlifter.
History in color: This photo of Team USA 1960 was taken in the Olympic village in Rome prior to the opening ceremony. Top row (l-r): Bob Hoffman, John Pulskamp (4th place, 90kg), Jim Bradford...
History in Color: Karlis Pumpurins of Riga, Latvia is preparing to press 195kg at the 1971 USSR Spartakiade in Moscow
History in Color: During the World Strongest Men contest in the Caesar Palace in Las Vegas, the athlete were photographed in a group shot with Tom Jones. Back row (l to r): Igor Kudyukov...
History in Color: World record holder and one of the best Soviet lifters in the 100kg class of the late 1970s, Dzhamal Panakhov of Kokchetav, Kazakhstan is performing a cj lift at the 1977...
History in Color: One of the best lifters from the York Barbell Club, light heavyweight Stanley Stanczyk (1925-1997) is about to start the snatch lift for Team USA at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki....