Olympic Hopes of Bulgaria in Training
History in Color: Sofia, Bulgaria, 1968 – First year students of weightlifting class of Ivan Abadzhiev are perfoming a clean-and-jerk lift in training at the Youth Sports School in Sofia: Left to right: Boby...
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Heavyweight Champions: 1979 USSR Spartakiade
History in Color: August 2, 1979, Leningrad, Russia – Heavyweight medalists in the 110kg class of the 1979 USSR Spartakiade and 1979 USSR Championships in Leningrad (left to right): Sergey Arakelov (Spartak, Krasnodar, Russia,...
Arnold Luhaaar: Cutting-Edge Technicians From Estonia
On the History in Color photo, Arnold Luhaaar, outstanding Estonian heavyweight of the past, performs a clean-and-jerk lift. The interesting angle of this photo is that it takes place in the 1930s and Arnold...
Two Generations of Olympic Weightlifters From the Dynamo Club
History in Color: There are many photos like this in the personal photo archives of Olympic weightlifters – memories about being in the training camps, about being strong and young, about happy old days....
Australian Champions: Happy and Strong in Brisbane, 1982
History in Color: Ocrober 6, 1982, Brisbane, Australia – Team Australia champions of the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane (left to right): Super heavyweight Dean Lukin, lightheavyweight Robert Kabbas, coach Paul Coffa and flyweight...
Henryk Trebicki (Poland)
History in Color: Henryk Trebicki (1940-1996) was one of the best bantamweights in the history of Polish Olympic weightlifting. He represented Poland at 3 Summer Olympics – in 1964, 1968 and 1952. In 1964...
Bram Charite (Netherlands) in London, 1948
History in Color: August 11, 1948, London, Great Britain – 30-year old heavyweight Abraham “Bram” Charite of Netherlands is on his way to the bronze medal in the 82.5+ class at the 1948 Summer...
Valery Kravchuk (USSR, Ukraine)
History in Color: March 18, 1984, Minsk, Belarus – World and European champion, Valery Kravchuk of Krivoy Rog, Ukraine competes at the 1984 USSR Championship in Minsk. He won the USSR title in the...
Coaches and Athletes: Rudolf Plukfelder and Alexey Vakhonin
History in Color: July 27, 1967, Moscow, Russia – Olympic champion Alexey Vakhonin of the Trud Team (Shakhty, Russia) is preparing to enter the competition platform in the 56kg class at the 1967 USSR...
Jaroslav Skobla (Czechoslovakia) in Amsterdam, 1928
History in Color: July 29, 1928, Amsterdam, Netherlands – Legendary Czech heavyweight Jaroslav Skobla after winning a bronze medal in the 82.5kg weightclass at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Jaroslav Skobla (1899-1959) was...
