Ageless Champion Fred Lowe (USA)
The Weightlifting History in Color cover photo features the clean-and-jerk lift by Fred Lowe, one of the most impressive U.S. middleweight. Frederick “Fred” Lowe (b. 1947) was a 3-x U.S. Olympian. He competed at...
The Weightlifting History in Color cover photo features the clean-and-jerk lift by Fred Lowe, one of the most impressive U.S. middleweight. Frederick “Fred” Lowe (b. 1947) was a 3-x U.S. Olympian. He competed at...
History in Color: Gorky Park, Moscow, 1936 – Pioneers of Soviet weightlifting perform demo lifts in the famous Moscow entertainment and leisure park. On the right, Alexander Bukharov is commenting the event and spotting...
The History in Color series features Cuban lightweight champ Roberto Urrutia training in Cuba. Roberto “Tony” Urrutia (born in 1957) was the first Cuban weightlifter ever to set a world record (1975) and to...
History in Color: July 24, 1976, Montreal, Canada – Soviet light heavyweight Valery Shary of Minsk, Belarus, competes in the snatch program of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. After a disaster performance in...
Vice champion of the 1984 Summer Olympics, Mario Martinez of Team USA died on January 14, 1960 at the age of 60. Mario Martinez was one of the most memorable and inspiring American weightlifters...
History in color: The cover photo features our portrait of Sergey Eliseev (1876-1937) of Ufa, Russia, one of the first professional strongmen in the world, kettlebell and Olympic weightlifter of the early era in...
Weightlifting History in Color: One of the most memorable super heavyweights in the history of Olympic weightlifting, Anatoly Pisarenko of Kiev, Ukraine wins his first World Championship in Lille, France in 1981. Pisarenko won...
History in Color: September 13, 1963 – Legendary “Mr. Weightlifter” Norbert Schemansky of Team USA performs an Olympic press lift at the 1963 World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.
History in Color: Original black-and-white picture by Gogi Gurgenyan features 16-year old Naim Suleymanov of Bulgaria receiving an ovation from the public at the 1983 World Championships in Moscow, Russia. It was his first...
History in Color: 32-year old David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia fails to clean-and-jerk the weight in the 1st attempt at the 1979 USSR Cup in Frunze, Kirgizia. In the end of the day, Rigert...