Peter George (1929-2021)
Very sad news for the world of Olympic weightlifting… Legend of this sport, Dr. Peter George passed away on Sunday. He was 92. I don’t think Peter George needs special introduction to anybody who...
Very sad news for the world of Olympic weightlifting… Legend of this sport, Dr. Peter George passed away on Sunday. He was 92. I don’t think Peter George needs special introduction to anybody who...
The “before and after” visual snapshot features two remarkable bantamweight champions of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Alexey Vakhonin of the USSR (left) won the bantamweight class in 1964 and Li Fabin of China...
July 1, 2021 – Legend of Finnish and World weightlifting, 4x Olympian Jaakko Kailajarvi of Tampere, Finland turns 80 today! By all means, distinguished athlete and coach, Jaakko Kailajarvi is one of the key...
June 29, 2021 – Olympic champion and a true legend of Olympic weightlifting Dr. Peter George is celebrating his 92nd Birthday today. Peter George is one of the most successful and decorated lifters of...
June 16, 2021 – Frank Rothwell, Olympian of weightlifting team Ireland in 1972, turned 85 today. Happy Birthday to a great Champion! Frank Rothwell (born in 1936) is an Olympian who competed for Ireland...
June 8, 2021 – Legendary weightlifting champion and coach Zygmunt Smalcerz of Poland turned 80! Brilliant Polish flyweight of the 1970s, Olympic champion Zygmunt Smalcerz is definitely one of the living classics of this...
May 4, 2021 – Famous Swedish weightlifter Lennart ”Hoa-Hoa” Dahlgren turns 69. Happy Birthday to Lennart Dahlgren! Hooray-Hooray to “Hoa-Hoa” Dahlgren of Sweden! History in Color: March 23, 1973, Vallingby, Sweden – Middle heavyweight...
April 6, 2021 – Clyde Emrich of the legendary U.S. Olympic weightlifting powerhouse of the 1950s turns 90! Happy Birthday, Champion! Clyde Emrich (b. 1931) was a part of the great U.S. weightlifting team...
April 5, 2021- Happy 80th Birthday to Viktor Kurentsov, one of all-time best Olympic weightlifters in the history of sports! Viktor Kuznetsov was a true legend in the middleweight class (75kg). He was a...