Kanybek Osmonaliev is 70
Legendary flyweight champion Kanybek Osmonaliev of Kyrzgyzstan turns 70! Kanybek Osmonaliev was a phenomenal flyweight of Team CCCP. From mid 1970s to mid 1980s, he won the 1980 Olympics, 4 World championships, 2 European...
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Adam Gnatov, Ukraine/USSR: 1944-2023
July 20, 2023 – Sad news came from Lviv, Ukraine. Legendary Soviev flyweight Adam Gnatov passed away in his hometown at 78. Adam Gnatov competed in the 52kg weight class. He was a vice...
Jaakko Kailajarvi: Lubeck (1971)
July 1, 2023 – Happy Birthday to Jaakko Kailajarvi, legendary Finnish weightlifter, 4-time Olympian, champion and world records holder. In addition, it’s a special date in the history of Olympic weightlifting in Finland. On...
Ben Helfgott, Holocaust survivor and Olympic weightlifter, dies at 93
June 16, 2023 – Ben Helfgott, Holocaust survivor and British Olympian at the Olymics in 1956 and 1960, died at 93. Benjamin “Ben” Helfgott survived the Holocaust as a teenager and then he went...
Bobby Orr Turns 75!
March 20, 2023 – Happy 75th Birthday to Bobby Orr! Golden Goal in Bronze (TD Garden, Boston, MA)
Lee James (1953-2023)
February 11, 2023, Raleigh, NC, USA – Sad news came from North Carolina. Legendary American weightlifter, Olympic vice champion, Lee James passed away at 69. So far, it is known that he fell from...
Remembering Petr Pavlasek (1947-2023)
January 3, 2023 – One of the best super heavyweights of the 1970s, Petr Pavlasek of Czech Republic passed away in Tyn nad Vltavou at 75. A 2x Olympian, Petr Pavlasek competed for for...
Adam Saydullaev (1956-2022)
October 9, 2022 – Sad new came from Grozhy, Chechnya, Russia. One of the best Soviet mid heavyweights of the late 1970s – early 1980s, Adam Saydullaev passed away at 65. Adam Saydullaev competed...
William “Bill” March (1937-2022)
October 9, 2022 – Legendary U.S. weightlifter, native of a world famous weightlifting town of York, Pennsylvania, USA, William “Bill” March passed away in his hometown. He was 85. Bill Match was a U.S....
Pavel Pervushin (1947-2022)
September 24, 2022, Saint Petersburg, Russia – Brilliant heavyweight of the 1970s, World champion and author of numerous world records, weightlifting legend, Pavel Pervushin died at 75. Pavel Pervushin was one of the most...
