Grachev
History in Color: World records holder, 3x USSR champion (1983, 1984, 1987), USSR Spartakiad champion (1983), 3x USSR Cup winner (1982, 1983, 1985), 3x clean-and-jerk USSR champion and 6x USSR snatch champion, lightweight Vladimir...
Tagged: Weightlifting
How Much Did It Cost To Fly From Moscow To Los Angeles In 1984?
The question is most definitely sarcastic. The cover photo of the History in Color series features the 1984 Team USSR Weightlifting. Due to the boycott of the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles by the...
Legendary Tommy Kono in Helsinki
History in Color: July 26, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – 22-year old lightweight Tamio “Tommy” Kono of Team USA competes at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. The gold medal at the Summer Olympics in...
Olympic Team USA Weightlifting (1964)
History in Color: American finest Olympic weightlifters and coaches are ready for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo (1964). Left to right: Bob Hoffman (York, PA; Head Coach), Norbert Schemansky (Detroit, MI; 90+kg, bronze medal),...
G.Ivanchenko In Szombathely, Hungary
History in Color: June 23, 1970, Szombathely, Hungary – Legendary Gennady Ivanchenko of Riga, Latvia competes for Team CCCP in the light heavyweight at the 1970 European Championship in Szombathely. In the end of...
Pekka Niemi, Olympic Medalist of Finland
History in Color: September 23, 1977, Stuttgart, Germany – One of the all-time best Finnish weightlifters, Pekka Niemi competes in the snatch program in the 100kg weight class at the 1977 World Championship in Stuttgart,...
To Yury Vlasov: Mirror of Time
Just a visual tribute to legendary athlete Yury P. Vlasov. He is 82 now. Decades passed since he won the Olympic gold in Rome in 1960. Olympic weightlifting went through numerous ups and downs...
Starry Night of Yurik Vardanyan
History in Color: July 26, 1980, Moscow, Russia – Outstanding Soviet light heavyweight Yurik Vardanyan of Gyumry, Armenia is preparing to clean 222.5 kg in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1980 Summer Olympics...
CrossFit 1955
CrossFit 1955? There was no CrossFit in 1955. Of course, not. It’s just a humorous way to bring attention to the legends of Olympic weightlifting who had an essential influence on the strength aspect...
Club 500 Interactive
Club 500 Interactive by Arthur Chidlovski (Lift Up), May 2018 List of all Olympic weightlifters who recorded 500kg total of 3 lifts (press, snatch, clean-and-jerk) prior to elimination of the Olympic press lift in...
