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...
Tagged: Lift Up
Eternal World Records: 157.5kg Press By M.Kuchev
History in Color: August 30, 1972, Munich, Germany – Mladen Kuchev of Team Bulgaria sets the last world record in press (157.5kg) in the lightweight at the 1972 Summer Olympics. After the elimination of...
Eternal World Records: 213.5kg Press By Y.Kozin
History in Color: July 14, 1972, Riga, Latvia – Soviet heavyweight Yury Kozin of Moscow, Russia presses a 213.5kg world record in the 110kg class at the 1972 Baltic Cup in Riga. After the...
1st Chinese World Record Maker
On the History in Color photo, weightlifting legend Chen Jingkai of China is performing his favorite clean-and-jerk lift during a training session in China. Chen Jingkai (1935-2010) was the first weightlifting world record maker...
World Legend of the Middleweight
History in Color: The cover photo features legendary Soviet middleweight Viktor Kurentov, Olympic champion, 5x World champion, 7x European champion, 9x USSR champion and a holder of 22 world records set in his outstanding...
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...
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...
Reading Finnish Newspaper
History in Color: I am not sure how many people in the world can read in Finnish. Obviously, it’s not a native language of Rafael Chimishkyan shown on the cover photo. My guess the...
Legendary John Davis in Paris
History in Color: October 15, 1950 – Legendary American heavyweight, 2x Olympic Champion John Davis competes at the 1950 World Championship in Paris, France. John Davis (1921-1984) definitely deserves much more than a brief...
