Kaarlo Kangasniemi (1969)
History in Color: September 26, 1969, Warsaw, Poland – A year after winning the 1968 Summer Olympics, phenomenal middle heavyweight Kaarlo Kangasniemi of Finland wins a gold medal in the 90kg class with 175+150+190...
History in Color: September 26, 1969, Warsaw, Poland – A year after winning the 1968 Summer Olympics, phenomenal middle heavyweight Kaarlo Kangasniemi of Finland wins a gold medal in the 90kg class with 175+150+190...
History in Color: September 27, 1947, Philadelphia, PA, USA – 26-year old John Davis of the United States wins the World title with 3 world records (in snatch, cj, total) in the 82.5+kg class...
On June 29, 2018, legendary athlete, 3-time U.S. Olympian, Olympic champion Peter George turns 89! Peter George is a true hero and inspiration for many generations of Olympic weightlifters. It’s his birthday today. He...
Hm… Sometimes. The History in Color photo shows American weightlifting legends featherweight Isaak Berger and super heavyweight Jim Bradford who might convince you that big biceps is super cool!
History in Color: September 29, 1988, Seoul, South Korea – Soviet super heavyweight Alexander Kurlovich (1961-2018) of Grodno, Belarus gives an interview to the reporters after winning a gold medal in the 110+kg weight...
History in Color features one of the most memorable Olympic weightlifters of all times Blagoy Blagoev of Team Bulgaria. Blagoy Blagoev (b. 1956) needs no special introduction for true followers of the Iron Game....
History in Color: September 29, 1974 , Manila, Philippines – 21-year old super heavyweight Khristo Plachkov of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria snatches 180kg and wins a silver medal in the snatch program of the 1974 World...
History in Color: October 31, 1983, Moscow, Russia – One of the best super heavyweights of the 1980s, Antonio Krastev of Team Bulgaria battles for the medal in the 110+kg class at the 1983...
The History in Color cover photo depicts one of the best Finnish weightlifters 0f the 1970s Juhani Avellan competing at one of the meets between Team Finland and Team Sweden. Juhani Avellan (1945-2004) was...
History in Color: September 19, 1977, Stuttgart, Germany – 19-year old rookie featherweight Yanko Rusev of Team Bulgaria clean-and-jerks a world record 165kg in the 4th attempt after winning a silver medal in the...