Norb Schemansky Wins the 1952 Olympics In Helsinki
History in Color : July 27, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – 28-year old mid heavyweight Norbert Schemansky of Detroit just won an Olympic gold in the 90kg weight class at the 1952 Summer Olympics in...
History in Color : July 27, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – 28-year old mid heavyweight Norbert Schemansky of Detroit just won an Olympic gold in the 90kg weight class at the 1952 Summer Olympics in...
History in Color : July 16, 1971, Moscow, USSR – Adam Gnatov, flyweight of the Lokomotiv Club, Lvov sets a new world record in the press lift (115kg) in the 52kg class at the...
February 3, 2019 – Legendary Soviet weightlifter and coach Nikolay Shatov would have celebrated his 110th Birthday! The cover photo from the History in Color series features Peter George (USA), Nikolay Shatov (USSR) and...
History in Color : September 18, 1973, Havana, Cuba – 27-year old lightweight Dan Cantore of Team USA competes in the 67.5kg class at the 1973 World Championships in Havana. Dan took the 7th...
History in Color: Klemens Roguski (1926-2002) and Augustyn Dziedzic (1928-2008) was a fantastic team of Polish coaches that worked with the national team of Poland for over 20 years and managed to bring Polish...
History in Color : August 1, 1967, Moscow, USSR – Alexander Kidyaev of the Avangard Club, Lugansk competes in the 90kg class at the 1967 USSR Spartakiade and 1967 USSR Championships at the “Shakhter”...
History in Color: August 3, 1936, Berlin, Germany – Brilliant Louis Hostin, 28-year old light heavyweight of France, is on his way to win a gold medal in the 82.5kg class at the 1936...
History in Color: August 1954, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Members of Team Canada at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver (left to right): Front row: Dave Baillie (90+kg, silver medal);...
History in Color: December 1975, Prague, Czechoslovakia – Lead super heavyweight Petr Pavlasek of Team Czechoslovakia prepares for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. His daughter Sandra helps her father to train hard in...
History in Color: London, Great Britain, August 1948 – 25-year old Frank Spellman and 19-year old Peter George, world-class middleweights of Team USA show confidence and happy smiles in the Uxbridge Olympic Village during...