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History in Color: July 24, 1971, Moscow, Russia – The team winners of the 1971 USSR Spartakiade and USSR Championships in Moscow are: Russia (represented by Vasily Alexeev) Ukraine (represented by Stanislav Batishchev) Moscow...
History in Color: The Strength and Health magazine called them the triumphant 1947 World team. They were triumphant, indeed, at the first official World Championships held in the United States (left to right): Front row:...
The History in Color features a color version of the photo of legendary Bulgarian Olympic weightlifter Stefan Topurov. At 19, featherweight Stefan Topurov of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria launched a new era in Olympic weightlifting –...
In memory of legendary athletes that we lost in 2018. In Memoriam 2018 Yurik VARDANYAN, Soviet Union 1956 – 2018 Damian DAMIANOV, Bulgaria 1979 – 2018 Robert SANTAVY, Canada 1947 – 2018 Charles VINCI, United States 1933 –...
History in Color: December 2, 1978, Australia – 23-year old light heavyweight Robert Kabbas of Team Australia sets a new Commonwealth record (191kg) in his additional attempt at the Hawthorn Championships in Melbourne. 3x...
The History in Cover series features legendary U.S. bodybuilder and Olympic weightlifter, also known as as “The Glow” and “The Monarch of Muscledom,” John Grimek (1910-1998) working in the foundry during the World War 2. Unlike...
History in Color: January 1956 – Legendary U.S. heavyweight weightlifter Paul Anderson is using a measuring tape to show the size of his biceps in front of the media reporters in 1956. The view...
History in Color: July 27, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 20-year old light heavyweight Anatoly Khrapaty of Team Kazakhstan clean-and-jerks 210kg in the 82.5kg class and wins his first national USSR title at the 1983...
History in Color: Sofia, Bulgaria, 1980 – 19-year old super heavyweight Antonio Krastev of Haskovo, Bulgaria trains with the national Team Bulgaria and its famous coach Ivan Abadzhiev in 1980.
Previously, we’ve published photos of several versions of the 1978 Team USSR Weightlifting in our History in Color series. Here is another group of national team candidates in 1978 (left to right): Front row:...
21 Jan, 2019
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Norbert Schemansky (USA): Back in Detroit in 1966
19 Jan, 2019
19 Jan, 2019
2 May, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
28 Sep, 2015
1 May, 2016
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