Stogov
History in Color: Vladimir Stogov of Team USSR presses 105kg in the 56kg class. The lift takes place during the USA vs. USSR weightlifting match in May 1958 in Chicago, IL.
Tagged: Lift Up
Before the Lift
History in Color Series: Vladimir Ryzhenkov of the Dynamo Moscow begins his famous walk to the weight. This time he is about to start to clean-and-jerk 192.5kg in the light heavyweight class at the...
Zakharevich
History in Color: 18-year old Yury Zakharevich competes at his first national championship. The original photo was taken during the 1981 USSR Championship in Novosibirsk, Russia. Zakharevich competed in the 90kg class and took...
Berger and Udodov
History in Color: Olympic champions Isaac Berger (60kg, USA) and Ivan Udodov (56kg, USSR) are having a good time in Melbourne, Australia before the beginning of the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Chetin
History in Color Series: Gennady Chetin of Perm, Russia is completing the 110kg snatch lift in the 56kg class at the 1971 USSR Spatakiad Games in Moscow Gennady Chetin (1943-2002) competed in the bantamweight class....
Sultan Rakhmanov: First Attempt in 1980
History in Color Series: July 30, 1980, Moscow, Russia – Sultan Rakhmanov of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine and Team USSR completes his first attempt in the snatch of the 185kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics in...
Beginning the Snatch Lift
History in Color series: Olympic champion and author of 41 world records, Yurik Vardanyan of Leninakan (Gyumry), Armenia is beginning the snatch lift.
Family Business
History in Color Series: Eugene Lopatin (1917-2011) is coaching his son Sergey Lopatin (1939-2004). It was a family athlete and coach team. Eugene Lopatin, the father, was a vice champion of the 1952 Olympics,...
Bonk
History in Color Series: March 11, 1976: Gerd Bonk of Team DDR lifts 252.5kg and sets a new world record in clean-and-jerk in Berlin. He added 5kg to the previous record held by Vasily...
Team CCCP Weightlifting 1982
History in Color: Group shot of the members of Team CCCP before the departure to the 1982 European Championship in Ljubljana. Left to right*: Viktor Naumenkov (coach), Yury Zaxarevich (100kg, silver), Sergey Arakelov (110kg,...
