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History in Color: October 31, 1983, Moscow, Russia – One of the best super heavyweights of the 1980s, Antonio Krastev of Team Bulgaria battles for the medal in the 110+kg class at the 1983...
History in Color: October 31, 1983, Moscow, Russia – One of the best super heavyweights of the 1980s, Antonio Krastev of Team Bulgaria battles for the medal in the 110+kg class at the 1983...
The History in Color cover photo depicts one of the best Finnish weightlifters 0f the 1970s Juhani Avellan competing at one of the meets between Team Finland and Team Sweden. Juhani Avellan (1945-2004) was...
History in Color: Legendary Tony Terlazzo of York Barbell is preparing to battle for his first Olympic medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in July 1932 in Los Angeles, USA. Anthony (Tony) Terlazzo (1911-1966)...
History in Color: September 19, 1977, Stuttgart, Germany – 19-year old rookie featherweight Yanko Rusev of Team Bulgaria clean-and-jerks a world record 165kg in the 4th attempt after winning a silver medal in the...
History in Color: Legendary American weightlifter Tommy Kono solely and proudly represents Team USA at the opening ceremony of the invitational international tournament Cup of Moscow in 1958. Thousands of Iron Game fans in...
History in Color: Karoly Ecser (1931-2005) was the strongest Hungarian super heavyweight of the 1960s. He was a part of the famous “Magnificent Seven” team that propelled Hungary to one of the best weightlifting...
The black-and-white original of this History in Color photo went viral on the web with the whole bunch of other funny pictures that make people laugh. It didn’t have a description – just a...
October 26, 1983, Moscow, Russia – Romanian middleweight Dragomir Cioroslan competes at the 1983 World Championships in Moscow. Dragomir Cioroslan (b. 1954) was a 3x Olympian of Team Romania. He represented his country in...
History in Color: September 30, 1959, Warsaw, Poland – Featherweight Marian Zielinski of Poland wins the 60kg weight class at the 1959 World Championships in Warsaw. Marian Zielinski (1929-2005) was one of the best...
History in Color features participants of the early weightlifting matches between Team Sweden and Team Finland back in the 1940s. Legendary Finnish heavyweight, 4x Olympian Eino Makinen is on the left. His Swedish counterpart...