American Legends in Stockholm ’53
History in Color: August 29, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden – Team USA middleweight Tommy Kono just became a World champion in the 75kg class at the 1953 World Championships in Stockholm. His teammate and another...
History in Color: August 29, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden – Team USA middleweight Tommy Kono just became a World champion in the 75kg class at the 1953 World Championships in Stockholm. His teammate and another...
History in Color Arpad Nemessanyi (b. 1944) was one of the distinguished athletes from the famous Hungarian “magnificent seven” group that brought Hungary to the top level in the weightlifting world in the 1960s....
The History in Color series presents a color version of the photos of Ruben Manukyan (1906-1978) of Yerevan Armenia, one of the most impressive Soviet weightlifters of the 1930s. Ruben Manukyan was a legendary...
History in Color: December 16, 1977, Ryazan, Russia – 26-year old sub heavyweight Vladimir Kokonov of Novokuybyshevsk, Russia competes in the 100kg class at the 1977 USSR Cup in Ryazan. Vladimir Kononov (b. 1951)...
History in Color: October 19, 1946, Paris, France – 27-year old Grigory Novak of Team USSR makes a bold first appearance at the World Championships in Paris. It was the first World Championships ever...
History in Color: May 15, 1980, Moscow, Russia – 32-year old lightweight Sergey Pevzner of the Army club of Rostov, Russia competes for the national title in the 67.5kg class at the 1980 USSR...
The History in Color series presents a color version of the photo of Rolf Maier, one of all-time best French weightlifters and coaches in Olympic weightlifting. Rolf Maier (b. 1936) belongs to the generation...
First of all, Happy Birthday to Dan Cantore of Team USA of the 1970s! Minsk, Belarus, USSR, 1974 (left to right): Dan Cantore (USA), Anatoly Yakovlev, Dmitry Yurago, Phil Grippaldi (USA), Anatoly Kovalevsky. (Courtesy...
History in Color: October 27, 1951, Milan, Italy – Legendary Peter George of Akron, USA wins the World title in style in the 75kg class at the 1951 World Championships in Milan. Prior to...
This Eleiko set has been on my desk for 10 years. It came from legendary Kaarlo Kangasniemi in 2008 when I took an interview with Kulta-Kalle. It is still on my desk.