Alexander Varbanov (Bulgaria)
History in Color: Alexander Varbanov (b. 1964) was perhaps one of the strongest ever middleweights of all times. His personal best was the total of 382.5kg (167.5+215, bodyweight 74.6kg) that reached on February 29,...
History in Color: Alexander Varbanov (b. 1964) was perhaps one of the strongest ever middleweights of all times. His personal best was the total of 382.5kg (167.5+215, bodyweight 74.6kg) that reached on February 29,...
October 31, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 25-year old super heavyweight Anatoly Pisarenko of Team CCCP Weightlifting wins the world and European titles in the 110+kg class with the 450kg (205+245) total at the World...
History in Color featured Gyozo Veres (1936-2011) of Hungary on several occasions. However, it’s never enough to enjoy the moments with one of the greatest Olympic weightlifters in the history of this sport. Gyozo...
History in Color presents one of the most impressive European and Hungarian weightlifters of the 1970s Andras Stark. Andras Stark (b. 1949) competed in the middleweight and represented Hungary at the Summer Olympics 1972...
I would highly recommend to book the show with the guy on the History in Color cover and see him perform on stage. This is a former elite Olympic weightlifter, 2x Olympian and a...
History in Color: September 3, 1972, Munich, Germany – 21-year old Bulgarian middle heavyweight wins a gold medal in the 90kg class with 180+155+190=525OR at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
History in Color features a photo celebrating great Swedish weightlifters of three generations (left to right:) Bo Johansson (b. 1945), Arvid Andersson (1919-2011), Leif Nilsson (b. 1952)
History in Color: June 1955 – As part of a historical 1955 Team USA Weightlifting Tour to USSR, Egypt and Iran, American weightlifters competed in the weightlifting matches in Cairo and Alexandria (Egypt). The...
History in Color: Norair Nurikyan (b. 1948) was a brilliant Bulgarian weightlifter. He competed in the bantamweight and featherweight classes and brought his country two gold medals from two Summer Olympics that he represented...
History in Color: April 28, 1973, Donetsk, Ukraine – Pavel Pervushin of the Army Club, Leningrad wins the 110kg weight class at the 1973 USSR Championships in Donetsk. Pavel Pervushin won the national title...