Vladimir Marchuk
History in Color: Mighty Soviet super heavyweight Vladimir Marchuk of Moscow, Russia is resting between pull sets during training in the early 1980s.
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Featherweight Katsura
History in Color: Eugene Katsura of the Army Club, Moscow competes in the 60kg weight class at the 1964 USSR Championship in Kiev, Ukraine. Eugene Katsura (1937-1967) was a strong Soviet feather and lightweight...
Yordan Bikov of Pazardzhik
History in Color: 20-year old middleweight Yordan Bikov of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria is on his way to win the Olympic gold medal in the 75kg class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Yordan...
Tregubov
History in Color: 21-year old Viktor Tregubov of Shakhty, Russia is competing in the clean-and-jerk program of the 90kg weight class at the 1986 USSR Spartakiade in Moscow, Russia. Six years afterwards, Tregubov became...
Rigert in Montreal (1976)
History in Color: July 25, 1976, Montreal, Canada – David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia snatches 170kg in the 3rd attempt and sets an Olympic record in the 90kg weight class at the 1976 Summer...
Athletes and Coaches: Yenaldiev and Dorokhin
History in Color: One of the top Soviet super heavyweights of the 1970s, Aslanbek Yenaldiev (right) and his coach Viktor Dorokhin are enjoying a photo session moment in the weightlifting gym in Shakhty, Russia....
Eternal Record in 1972
History in Color: World records holder, vice champion of the USSR, Alexander Kolodkov (1947-2014) of Alma Ata, Kazakhstan was a superb presser of his time. Kolodkov authored an “eternal” world record when he pressed...
Viktor Andreev
History in Color: World records holder and national champion, Victor Andreev (1936-2000) was one of the lead Soviet super heavyweights of the 1960s. In 1967, he reached 547.5kg in total at the 136kg bodyweight...
Baszanowski
The History in Color series features legendary Polish lightweight Waldemar Baszanowski competing at his last Summer Olympics. By all means, Waldemar Baszanowski was a true legend of Olympic weightlifting. He was a 2x Olympic...
Makinen (Suomi)
History in color: 4x Olympian, European champion Eino Makinen (1926-2014) of Tampere, Finland competes in the 90+kg weight class in the weightlifting match between Finland, Estonia and Leningrad in 1961. Eino “Eikka” Makinen represented...
