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September 24, 2022, Saint Petersburg, Russia – Brilliant heavyweight of the 1970s, World champion and author of numerous world records, weightlifting legend, Pavel Pervushin died at 75. Pavel Pervushin was one of the most...
September 30, 2022, Dnipro, Ukraine – Olympic champion, World champion and World records holder, legendary Yury Zaitsev passed away at 71. Yury Zaitsev was one of the strongest Soviet heavyweights (110kg) of the 1970s....
September 25, 2022, Tbilisi, Georgia – Olympic champion Rafael Chimishkyan passed away at 93 in his home Republic of Georgia. Rafael Chimishkyan was a true champion and legend of Olympic weightlifting. He had a...
History in Color: Braunau, West Germany, March 1971 – Soviet featherweight Nikolay Varava competes in the 60kg weightclass at the invitational Olympic weightlifting tournament in Braunau. Nikolay Varava (born in 1935) was one of...
History in Color: St. Brides, London, Great Britain, August 1960– Candidates to the British Olympic weightlifting team gathered for a press shot during one of the last training sessions before going to the 1960...
September 6, 2022 – Legendary Olympic champion and coach of Olympic champions, World Champion and coach of World champions, World records breaker and coach of world record breakers, Olympic weightlifting legend Rudolf Plyukfelder turned...
History in Color: August 30, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden – Canadian heavyweight Douglas Hepburn is on his way to win the World title of a heavyweight champion with a total of 467.5kg (167.5+135+165) in the...
August 29, 2022 – 2x Olympian, 2x Commonwealth Games champion, Olympic vice champion, legendary Gerry Gratton of Canada would have been celebrating his 95th Birthday today. Happy Heavenly Birthday to Canadian weightlifting legend! Gerald...
August 21, 2022 – 10x U.S. national and a Wold champion, legendary lightweight Joe Pitman (1924-2018) would been 98 today. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Champion! History in Color: October 14, 1950, Paris, France – U.S....
History in Color: September 22, 1961, Vienna, Austria – Soviet light heavyweight Rudolf Plyukfelder wins a gold medal in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1961 World Championships in Vienna. “In team contest, the...
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1972-2022: Scoring Tournament Winning Goals For Canada
September 30, 2022
Rafael Chimishkyan (1929-2022)
September 26, 2022
1972-2022: Bobby Orr International
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Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
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