Vladimir Anikin of Riga, Latvia
History in Color: Vladimir Anikin (1946-2010) was one of the strongest Soviet bantamweight lifters of the 1970s. He was a vice champion of Europe (1974), USSR champion (1974), USSR Cup winner (1971, 1972), USSR...
History in Color: Vladimir Anikin (1946-2010) was one of the strongest Soviet bantamweight lifters of the 1970s. He was a vice champion of Europe (1974), USSR champion (1974), USSR Cup winner (1971, 1972), USSR...
Olympic champion Sultan Rakhmanov and his coach Eduard Brovko of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine are being featured in this issue of the Lift Up: History in Color series. Both were outstanding lifters. Eduard Brovko (1936-1998) competed...
History in Color: Louis Martin (1936-2015) is perhaps the best British athlete in the history of Olympic weightlifting. He won 4 World championships (1959, 1962, 1963, 1965), 4 European championships (1959, 1962, 1963, 1965), 3 Commonwealth...
The History in Color series continues with a historical photo depicting Yury Vlasov breaking world record in the press lift in 1962 in Moscow. It was the first press world record set by Vlasov....
Gennady Ivanchenko and his coach Mikhail Freifeld are about to start the training session. Freifeld was the head coach of the Dynamo Riga sports club and Ivanchenko was perhaps the most successful among his...
On the History in Color photo, Alexander Kurynov competes in the 75kg weight class at the Moscow Cup International in 1962. Alexander Kurynov (1934-1973) was a true legend of Soviet and world Olympic weightlifting....
On the cover photo from the History In Color series, Hans Zdrazila of Team Czecholsovakia competes at the 1964 European Championship in Moscow, Russia. One of the strongest middleweights in the world of the...
Pavel Kuznetsov of Vladimir, Russia completes the clean-and jerk lift on his way to his first Wold title. The action takes place at the 1983 World championship in Moscow, Russia. Pavel Kuznetsov won the...
The group shot of Team Europe 1975 on the cover was taken at the match between the Continental Europe vs. Americas in December 1975 in Montreal, Canada. Front row (left to right): Igor Kudyukov...
Vladimir Kaplunov (1933-2015) was one of the best lightweight Olympic lifters in the world in the first half of the 1960s. He won the World Championship in 1962, European Championship in 1964, USSR Championships...