Vladimir Kaplunov (USSR)
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...
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Dave Ashman (USA), the First To Clean-and-jerk 200 Kilos
Dave Ashman of Team USA Weightlifting was the first Olympic weightlifter who managed to clean-and-jerk 200kg. The cover photo from the History in Color series, depicts this historical moment, when Ashman cj’d 2o1 kg...
Rookie Lifter To Remember (1959)
This is a rising Soviet light heavyweight (82.5kg) star Rudolph Plyukfelder competing at his first World championship in Warsaw in 1959. Plyukfelder totaled 457.5kg (145+140+172.5) and won the World title. More History in Color Series...
Valery Shary in 1973
Olympic champion (1976), Valery Shary performs a snatch lift at the 1973 national championship in Donetsk. It was a difficult period in his career. He just bombed out at the 1972 Summer Olympics and...
Joe Di Pietro
The cover photo from the History in Color series features American bantamweight Joseph Di Pietro (1914-1999) competing at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. At the time, Di Pietro was 34. At the size...
Magnificent Seven From Hungary
The Lift Up: History in Color showcases the photo of Team Hungary Weightlifting of the 1960s. That was one of the best teams in the history of the 20th century and, no doubts, the...
Dave Sheppard
Dave Sheppard of Team USA is one my favorite Olympic weightlifters of that era. People like Sheppard are usually being called “classy guys” with a loud “Wow” with it. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a...
Kurynov
History in Color @LiftUp One of the strongest middleweight lifters of the 1960s, Alexander Kurynov performs clean-and-jerk lift in training. Kurynov won the Olympic gold medal when he managed to win over the legendary...
Alexander Kidyaev
The Lift Up project features Alexander Kidyaev of Avangard Lugansk performing the snatch lift at the 1968 USSR championship in Lugansk. By the end of the day, he finished second after Jaan Talts in...
Petr Korol
Petr Korol (1941-2015) of Lvov, Ukraine performs clean and jerk lift at the 1973 USSR National Championship in Donetsk. He won the silver medal with 317.5kg total (135+182.5) in the 75kg weight category. Three...
