Nosseir (1928)
The History in Color cover photo is based on the black-and-white portrait of legendary El Sayed Nosseir made in 1928 when he won a gold Olympic medal in Amsterdam. El Sayed Nosseir (1905-1977) was...
The History in Color cover photo is based on the black-and-white portrait of legendary El Sayed Nosseir made in 1928 when he won a gold Olympic medal in Amsterdam. El Sayed Nosseir (1905-1977) was...
History in Color: July 21, 1971, Moscow, Russia – The first light heavyweight in the club 500, World Champion, Gennady Ivanchenko of Riga, Latvia is pressing heavy on his way to a gold medal...
History in Color: October 3, 1947, Helsinki, Finland – Soviet heavyweight Nikolay Laputin performs a snatch lift in the 82.5+kg weight class at the 1947 European Championships in Helsinki. It was the first European...
History in Color: March 17, 1963, Moscow, Russia – Legendary super heavyweights Norbert Schemansky (USA) and Leonid Zhabotinsky (USSR) are having a fun armwrestling match during the 1963 Prize of Moscow international tournament. The...
History in Color: September 16, 1975, Moscow, Russia– Best bantamweight athletes receive their medals in the 56kg weight class at the 1975 World Championships (left to right): Waldemar Korcz (Poland, silver medal), Atanas Kirov...
History in Color: July 27, 1976, Montreal, Canada – 24-year heavyweight Lennart Dahlgren of Sweden performs his unforgettable “joy jump” while snatching 155kg in his 3rd attempt in the 110kg weight class at the...
History in Color: May 17, 1958, New York City, NY – Legendary Dave Sheppard (USA) and Arkady Vorobyev (USSR) are performing a friendly joint weightlifting during the 3rd match of the 1958 USA vs...
March 20, 2020 – Special note: Happy Birhday to Boris Severov (Finland/Estonia, USSR)! History in Color: Fall 1973, Tallinn, Estonia –Young champion of Estonia, Viktor Perepelkin and his coach Boris Severov (both of the...
History in Color: March 18, 1970, Minsk, Belorussia – Soviet giant of the super heavyweight Vasily Alexeev of Shakhty, Russia reaches 600kg (213+170+217.5) in total in the 110+kg class at the 1970 Friendship Cup...
Sad new from Tehran, Iran – Olympic weightlifter Mohammad Ami Tehrani died on Sunday, March 15, 2020. He was 84. Mohammad Ami Tehrani was one of the best Iranian weightlifters in the 1960s. He...