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Golovanov

History in Color: July 18, 1964, Kiev, Ukraine, USSR – Vladimir Golovanov of the Army Club, Khabarovsk, Russia wins the 1964 USSR Championship title in the 90kg class with the world record of 485kg...

Urrutia

History in Color: July 21, 1976, Montreal, Canada – The first world champion and the first world record holder of Cuba, Roberto “Tony” Urrutia competes for Team Cuba in the 67.5kg class at the...

Yury Zaytsev

History in Color: Olympic champion Yury Zaytsev is performing clean-and-jerk at the 1979 USSR Spartakiade in Leningrad, Russia. Yury Zaytsev was one of the strongest Soviet heavyweights (110kg) in the 1970s. He competed for...

Zhabotinsky

History in Color: August 3, 1967, Moscow, Russia – Soviet super heavyweight Leonid Zhabotinsky of Zaporozhye, Ukraine competes at the 1967 USSR Spartakiade in Moscow. At the time, Leonid Zhabotinsky was the strongest man...