Asen Zlatev (Bulgaria) Turns 60!
May 23, 2020 – Olympic champion Asen Zlatev of Bulgaria turned 60! Happy Birthday, Champion!
May 23, 2020 – Olympic champion Asen Zlatev of Bulgaria turned 60! Happy Birthday, Champion!
March 20, 2020 – Special note: Happy Birhday to Boris Severov (Finland/Estonia, USSR)! History in Color: Fall 1973, Tallinn, Estonia –Young champion of Estonia, Viktor Perepelkin and his coach Boris Severov (both of the...
Sad new from Tehran, Iran – Olympic weightlifter Mohammad Ami Tehrani died on Sunday, March 15, 2020. He was 84. Mohammad Ami Tehrani was one of the best Iranian weightlifters in the 1960s. He...
February 23, 2020 – World, European and USSR champion, holder of numerous world records, Anatoly Kozlov turns 65. Anatoly Kozlov of the Kholmsk, Sakhalin District, Russia was one of the strongest sub heavyweights in...
Sad news came from Kazakhstan… Weightlifting champion, coach, world record holder, Dzhamal Panakhov died in Kokchetav, Kazakhstan. He was 65. Dzhamal Panakhov competed for the club of Dynamo, Kokchetav in Kazakhstan. His forte was...
January 29, 2020 – British Olympian and weightlifting champion of the 1970s, Brian Strange turns 66. Happy Birthday, Champ!
With just a few days left to the upcoming 2019 World Championships in Thailand, here comes a sincere good luck happy lifting message from the Lift Up and myself. Of course, our focus is...
Happy 60th Birthday to Anton Kodzhabashev! Our best wishes to brilliant world champion and world records breaker, one of the most memorable Bulgarian legends of the Abadzhiev’s era in Olympic weightlifting! Anton Kodzhabashev @...
Sad news came from Tehran, Iran. Legendary Iranian Olympic weightlifter, Olympic vice champion Parviz Jalayer passed away on July 6, 2019 in Tehran, Iran. He was 79. Parviz Jalayer was a world record holder...
One of Olympic weightlifting best, 3x Olympic champion Kakhi Kakhiashvili of Georgia turned 50 on July 13, 2019! There are only 4 athletes that managed to win Olympic titles 3 times in the history...