Club 500: Yury Yablonovsky (Ukraine, USSR)
History in Color: December 25, 1970, Kiev, Ukraine, USSR – Yury Yablonovsky. heavyweight of the Avangard Club (Lugansk), competes in the 110kg weight class at the 1970 USSR Cup in Kiev. It was the...
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Gogi Gurgenyan at the Izmaylovo Weightlifting Hall (Moscow, 1983)
History in Color: Moscow, Russia, USSR, October 1983 – Gogi Gurgenyan of Fergana, Uzbekistan is working on making his photo reports from the 1983 World and European Championships at the Izmaylovo Weightlifting Hall in...
Julio Echenique (Cuba): 4 World Records in Santiago (1979)
History in Color: May 5, 1979, Santiago, Cuba – 19-year old middleweight Julio Echenique of Cuba snatches 151kg and sets a new junior world record in the 75kg class in Santiago. Echenique had an...
John Davis (USA, 1921-1984): 100th Birth Anniversary of a Legend
January 12, 2021 – A true legend of Olympic weightlifting, 2x Olympic Champion, 6x World Champion, author of many remarkable world records, U.S. heavyweight John Davis (1921-1984) would have been celebrating his 100th birthday...
Anatoly Pisarenko: National Championships in Dnepropetrovsk (1982)
January 10, 2021 – Happy Birthday to Anatoly Pisarenko! One of the most memorable super heavyweight champions of the 1980s turns 63 today. History in Color: May 23, 1982, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, USSR – 24-year...
Norbert Schemansky Goes For a World Record In Snatch (Tokyo, 1964)
History in Color: October 18, 1964, Tokyo, Japan – Legendary Norbert Schemansky of Detroit, MI, USA goes for a World record in snatch (173kg) in the 4th attempt during the 90+kg weight class tournament...
Arvid Andersson (Sweden): 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
History in Color: July 25, 1952, Leningrad, Russia, USSR – 33-year old World champion Arvid Andersson of Sweden performs a press lift in the 67.5kg class at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. It...
Kanybek Osmonaliev: 1979 USSR Spartakiade in Leningrad
History in Color: July 27, 1979, Leningrad, Russia, USSR – 26-year old flyweight Kanybek Osmonaliev of Frunze, Kirgizia performs a snatch lift in the 52kg class at the 1979 USSR Spartakiade and USSR Championships...
Alexander Varbanov (Bulgaria): Debut in Moscow
History in Color: August 26, 1983, Moscow – 19-year old Bulgarian middleweight Alexander Varbanov competes in the 75kg class at the first World Championships in his career in Moscow in 1983. In the snatch...
David Rigert Gets Ready For a Big Lift (1975)
History in Color: March 19, 1975, Zaporozhye, Ukraine – Legendary David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia competes for the Team USSR in the 90kg class at the 1975 Friendship Cup in Zaporozhye. He won the...
