Israel Militosyan
History in Color series features a cover photo of a superb Soviet and Armenian lightweight Israel Militosyan. Israel Militosyan (b. 1968) of Gyumri (Leninakan), Armenia is a 3x Olympian (1988, 1992, 1996), Olympic, World...
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Weightlifting Super Powers of the 1970s
History in Color: Back in the 1970s, there was always something to talk about for Ivan Abadzhiev (Team Bulgaria, head coach) and Igor Kudyukov (Team USSR, head coach). Soviet Union and Bulgaria were big...
Team USA Weightlifting Goes To Warsaw
History in Color: Team USA Weightlifting is ready for the 1969 World Championships in Warsaw, Poland (left to right): Frank Capsouras (90kg, 6th place), Gary Deal (110kg, 4th place), Phil Grippaldi (90kg, 5th place),...
Atanas Shopov of Bulgaria
History in Color: Atanas Shopov competes for Bulgaria at one of the Olympic weightlifting international tournaments. Atanas Shopov (b. 1951) was a member of the first Bulgarian teams assembled by legendary coach Ivan Abadzhiev....
Team USSR 1990
History in Color: Group shot Team USSR 1990 (head coach Vasily Alexeev) in the training camp in Feodosia: Front row: Alexander Popov, Valery Yurov, Albert Nasibullin, Amir Azizov, Mais Matevosyan, Aslanbek Еdiev, Mukhady Sedaev,...
Lee James: American Weightlifting Cinderella Man
History in Color: Legendary American weightlifter Lee James competes in the 90kg class at the 1978 Friendship Cup in Moscow, Russia. It was one of the last appearances of Lee James of Team USA...
Bulgaria: On Top of the World
November 15, 1986, Sofia, Bulgaria – Bulgarian weightlifing team just finished competing in the 1986 World Championships with a phenomenal team record. They won 7 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals in 10...
Georgi Todorov of Bulgaria
History in Color: September 17, 1975, Moscow – Featherweight Georgi Todorov of Bulgaria wins his 2nd world title with a world record total of 285kg (125+160) at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow. Georgi...
First Soviet World Champion Ever
October 19, 1946, Paris, France – Grigory Novak of Team CCCP Weightlifting wins the world title in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1946 World Championship in France and becomes the 1st ever Soviet...
Joe Dube of Jacksonville, FL In Mexico City (1968)
October 19, 1968, Mexico City – 24-year old super heavyweight Joe Dube of Team USA competes in the snatch part of Olympic weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Joe had...
