Tommy Kono (Munich, 1955)
History in Color: October 14, 1955, Munich, Germany – Legendary Olympic weightlifter Tommy Kono of Team USA wins the light heavyweight gold medal at the 1955 World Championships in Munich. It was the 3rd...
History in Color: October 14, 1955, Munich, Germany – Legendary Olympic weightlifter Tommy Kono of Team USA wins the light heavyweight gold medal at the 1955 World Championships in Munich. It was the 3rd...
History in Color: September 26, 1969, Warsaw, Poland – Olympic champion of Mexico City, Kaarlo Kangasniemi of Kullaa, Finland does it again – he becomes the king of the middle heavyweight class with a...
History in Color: Group shot of the Team USSR Weightlifting coaches and athletes during the training camp (1976-1977) in the birch forest (left to right): Front row: N/A (assistant massage therapist), R.Ikaev (coach of...
History in Color: October 15, 1950, Paris, France – 35-year old heavyweight, Yakov Kutsenko of Kiev, Ukraine competes for Team USSR at the 1950 World Championships in Paris. It was the last tournament that...
History in Color: November 24, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – Legendary Peter George of Team USA competes in the 75kg class at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne and wins his 3rd Olympic medal at...
History in Color: July 25, 1976, Montreal, Canada – 35 year-old legend of Finnish weightlifting, Jaakko Kailajarvi of Tampere, Finland competes at his 4th Olympic tournament in the 90kg class at the 1976 Summer...
History in Color: July 27, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 21-year old light heavyweight Anatoly Khrapaty of the Army club (Alma Ata) competes for Team Kazakhstan at the 1983 USSR Spatakiade in Moscow. Khrapaty won...
History in color: August 2, 1979, Leningrad, Russia – One of the best Soviet heavyweights of the late 1970s, Sergey Arakelov of Krasnodar, Russia is preparing for the lift in the 110kg class at...
History in Color: July 27, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – John Davis of NYC, NY, USA just won his second Olympic medal in the 90+kg class and now he is being joined by his teammates,...
History in Color: July 25, 1976, Montreal, Canada – Phil Grippaldi of Team USA competes in the snatch program in the 90kg class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Phil Grippaldi was almost...