Titans of Estonian Olympic Weightlifting
History in Color: The titans of Estonian Olympic weightlifting of late 1960s – mid 1970s at the training session in Tallinn, Estonia. Left to right: Jaan Talts, Karl Utsar and Toivo Kurg.
History in Color: The titans of Estonian Olympic weightlifting of late 1960s – mid 1970s at the training session in Tallinn, Estonia. Left to right: Jaan Talts, Karl Utsar and Toivo Kurg.
History in Color: August 26, 1983, Moscow – Alexander Varbanov of Bulgaria wins his first world title in the 75kg class at the 1983 World Championships in Moscow. Varbanov went on to win gold...
History in Color: The first Soviet world champion, weightlifter Grigory Novak is challenging local strongmen for a friendly armwrestling match during a cultural visit of the USSR delegation to Burma.
History in Color: September 1970, JFK Airport, New York – Olympic weightlifters of Team Bulgaria are going home from the 1970 World Championships in Columbus, OH. Left to Right: Atanas Kirov (56kg), Atanas Shopov...
History in Color: King Baudoin of Belgium and his men are visiting Belgian Olympic team before the 1968 Summer Olympic Games of Mexico. The royal support helped! Belgian weightlifting greats had a great performance...
August 28, 1985, Sodertelje, Sweden – Olympic champion Asen Zlatev of Bulgaria competes in the light heavyweight at the 1985 World Championships in Sodertelje, Sweden. Asen Zlatev (b. 1960) was one of the most impressive and...
Who’s on the First?.. It’s not Abbott and Costello this time. March 21, 1974, Yerevan, Armenia – Super heavyweight Khristo Plachkov of Bulgaria receives a gold medal for the first place at the 1974...
History in Color series features a cover photo of a superb Soviet and Armenian lightweight Israel Militosyan. Israel Militosyan (b. 1968) of Gyumri (Leninakan), Armenia is a 3x Olympian (1988, 1992, 1996), Olympic, World...
History in Color: Back in the 1970s, there was always something to talk about for Ivan Abadzhiev (Team Bulgaria, head coach) and Igor Kudyukov (Team USSR, head coach). Soviet Union and Bulgaria were big...
History in Color: Team USA Weightlifting is ready for the 1969 World Championships in Warsaw, Poland (left to right): Frank Capsouras (90kg, 6th place), Gary Deal (110kg, 4th place), Phil Grippaldi (90kg, 5th place),...