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May 19, 2019 – Great Swedish Champion Arvid Andersson (1919-2011) would have turned 100. Happy Birthday to the legendary champion! Olof Arvid Andersson (1919-2011) happens to be the most successful Swedish Olympic weightlifter of...
History in Color: September 1, 1981, Podolsk, Russia – With two weeks left to the opening of the 1981 World Championships in Lille, France, legendary light heavyweight Yurik Vardanyan of Leninakan (Gyumry), Armenia is...
History in Color: On September 10, 1960, legendary heavyweight Yury Vlasov of Team USSR became an Olympic champion in the 90+kg class in Rome, Italy. The black-and-white original for this History in Color photo...
History in Color: October 16, 1964, Tokyo, Japan – 27-year old middle heavyweight Lazar Baroga of Sibiu, Romania competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Lazar Baroga...
History in Color: June 20, 1968, Leningrad, USSR – 34-year old lightweight Balas Fitzi of Cluj, Romania performs a press lift in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1968 European Championships at the Winter...
History in Color: August 29, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden – Light heavyweight winners receive their medals for the 82.5kg weight class at the 1953 World Championships in Stockholm (left to right): Trofim Lomakin (USSR, silver...
May 15, 2019 – Happy 75th Birthday to Arpad Nemessanyi of Team Hungary! Arpad Nemessanyi (b. 1944) was one of the distinguished athletes from the famous Hungarian “magnificent seven” group that brought Hungary...
May 15, 2019 – Legendary sub heavyweight, world record holder Dzhamal Pahakhov of USSR, Kazakhstan turned 65 today. Happy Birthday, Champion! We already featured several photos of Dzhamal Panakhov in the History in Color...
May 15, 2019 – Happy 65th Birthday to Dragomir Cioroslan (Romania, USA), world class athlete, coach and executive
Happy 75th Birthday to Jaan Talts!
18 May, 2019
Lazar Baroga (Romania): Tokyo, 1964
17 May, 2019
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Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
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