Rafael Chimishkyan: Vienna, 1954
History in Color: October 8, 1954, Vienna, Austria – Olympic champion Rafael Chimishkyan of Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR wins both World and European titles in the 60kg weight class at the 1954 World and European...
History in Color: October 8, 1954, Vienna, Austria – Olympic champion Rafael Chimishkyan of Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR wins both World and European titles in the 60kg weight class at the 1954 World and European...
History in Color: July 25, 1976, Montreal, Canada – Best middle heavyweights receive their awards at the medal ceremony in the 90kg weight class and salute to Montreal, the city that hosted the 1976...
History in Color: April 25, 1978, Kiev, Ukraine – 20-year old junior weightlifter Anatoly Pisarenko competes for the Dynamo Club at the 1978 USSR Championships held at the Sports Palace in his hometown. In...
January 7, 2020 – Legendary Vasily Alexeev (1942-2011) would have been 78 today. Happy Birthday to the Legend!
History in Color March 3, 1988, Tallinn, Estonia – 21-year old featherweight candidate to the national team USSR, Valery Leonov competes in the 60kg weight class at the 1988 Friendship Cup in Tallinn. For...
History in Color: September 22, 1962, Budapest, Hungary – Olympic weightlifting legend, Olympic champion, 4x Olympian and 4x Olympic medalist, Norbert “Norb” Schemansky of Detroit, Michigan, USA competes in the 90+kg weight class at...
History in Color: September 8, 1960, Rome, Italy – 29-year old Abdul Wahid Aziz, lightweight of Team Iraq, snatches 115kg in his 3rd attempt on his unforgettable way to a bronze medal in the...
History in Color: September 8, 1960, Rome, Italy – Middleweight Alexander Kurynov of Team USSR performs a snatch lift on his way to his gold medal in the 75kg weight class at the 1960...
History in Color: June 14, 1978, Havirov, Czechoslovakia – Vice champion of the 1976 Summer Olympics, 28-year-old middleweight Vartan Militosyan of Leninakan (Gyumri), Armenia competes for the Soviet national team in the 75kg weight...
History in Color: October 27, 1951, Milan, Italy – Peter George, 22-year old middleweight of Akron, OH, jerks 157.5kg in the 75kg weight class and wins a gold medal at the 1951 World Championships...