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History in Color: One of the best Czech weightlifters of the 1980s, Anton Baraniak competes for Team Czechoslovakia at the 1981 Panonnia Cup. Anton Baraniak (b. 1951) competed for Czechoslovakia at two Summer Olympics...
History in Color: The first Polish World Champion, Marian Zielinski is preparing for the lift. Marian Zielinski (1929-2005) was one of the best weightlifters in the world in the 1960s. He was the first...
History in Color: Weightlifters of the Dynamo Riga club at the training camp in Jekabpils, Latvia in 1971-1972 (left to right): E. Abrashov, Alexander Dynnikov, Juris Klavins, Karlis Pumpurins, Ansis Ziemanis The Dynamo Riga...
History in Color: June 16, 1978, Havirov, Czechoslovakia – 21-year old sub heavyweight Sergey Arakelov of Krasnodar, Russia makes his debut appearance on elite level for Team USSR in the 100kg at the 1978...
History in Color: Team USSR Weightlifting (Head coach Igor Kudyukov, August 19, 1977) in the training in Feodosia (left to right): Front row: Sultan Rakhmanov (110+kg, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine), Aslanbek Yenaldiev (110+kg, Ordzhonikidze, Russsia), Akop...
History in Color: March 17, 1973, Tashkent, Uzbekistan – Soviet middleweight Valentin Mikhailov of Voroshilovgrad, Ukraine competes in the clean-and-jerk in the 75kg class at the 1973 Friendship Cup in Tashkent. Valentin Mikhailov (b....
History in Color: April 15, 1967, Moscow, USSR – Olympic champion Yury Vlasov competes in his last tournament at the 9th Summer Spartakiade of Moscow. At the tournament Vlasov pressed 199kg. This was the last...
History in Color: June 11, 1965, Sofia, Bulgaria – A year after his triumph in the middleweight in Tokyo, Olympic champion Hans Zdrazila of Team Czechoslovakia steps up to the light heavyweight and competes...
History in Color: June 11, 1978, York, PA, USA – 2x Olympian of Team USA, one of the most promising and exciting American lifters of the 1970s, Mark Cameron completes a 210 kg clean-and-jerk...
History in Color: July 30, 1979, Leningrad, Russia – Olympic weiightlifting legend Yurik Vardanyan of Team USSR and Leninakan, Armenia competes in a snatch lift program in the 82.5kg class at the 1979 USSR...
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