Kulta-Kalle
History in Color: Kaarlo Kangasniemi, also known as “Kulta-Kalle” competes at one of the Nordic tournaments in 1968. Kaarlo Kangasniemi of Pori, Finland is a true legend of Olympic weightlifting. 3x Finnish Olympian, author...
History in Color: Kaarlo Kangasniemi, also known as “Kulta-Kalle” competes at one of the Nordic tournaments in 1968. Kaarlo Kangasniemi of Pori, Finland is a true legend of Olympic weightlifting. 3x Finnish Olympian, author...
History in Color: Estonia, Spring 1973 – Olympic champion Jaan Talts of Tallinn, Estonia competes in the 110kg class at one of the local meets in Estonia. After winning gold at the 1972 Summer...
History in Color: March 17, 1970, Minsk, Belarus – 23-year old Boris Pavlov. light heavyweight of the Spartak Donetsk club, is going for a world record in clean-and-jerk (192kg) in the 82.5kg class at...
History in Color @ LiftUp: January 1980, Podolsk, Russia, USSR– Super heavyweight Sultan Rakhmanov of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine works on the snatch routines in a national team training camp. Also on the photo, other candidates...
History in Color: Muscle Beach, CA, USA, Summer 1956 – Legends of the York Barbell are lifting during a demo session of Olympic weightlifting for a general public at the Muscle Beach, California in...
History in Color @ LiftUp: January 1980, Podolsk, Russia, USSR– Legendary Soviet weightlifter David Rigert prepares for a control lift during a Team USSR training camp in Podolsk. Seven months to go before the...
History in Color: April 11, 1956, Moscow, Russia, USSR – 22-year featherweight Victor Korzh of Rostov, Russia sets a new world record in press (113.5kg) in the 60kg weight class at the international tournament...
History in Color: March 21, 1964, Moscow, Russia, USSR – 35-year old light heavyweight Rudolf Plukfelder of the Trud club (Shakhty) lifts 175kg in the clean-and-jerk program and wins the 1st place in the...
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History in Color: June 23, 1970, Szombathely, Hungary – Legendary lightweight champion, 35-year old Waldemar Baszanowski of Poland performs a split style clean in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1970 European Championships in...