His First World Title in 1959
History in Color: Warsaw, Poland (October 4, 1959) – 24-year old Yury Vlasov sets a new world record in snatch (153kg) and wins his first World title with the 500kg total. Special thanks for...
History in Color: Warsaw, Poland (October 4, 1959) – 24-year old Yury Vlasov sets a new world record in snatch (153kg) and wins his first World title with the 500kg total. Special thanks for...
History in Color: Team USA Weightlifting is having a good time in Munich, Germany during the 1955 World Championship. Left to right: Jim Bradford (90+kg, silver), Jim George (82.5kg, bronze), Paul Anderson (90+kg, gold),...
History in Color: One of the finest Olympic weightlifters of Australia, vice champion of Summer Olympics and the World, Robert Kabbas competes in the 82.5 kg class in Canberra, Australia. Robert Kabbas competed in...
History in Color: Introduction of athletes in the heavyweight class at the 1971 USSR Spartakiade. Left to right: Pavel Pervushin (Leningrad, Russia), Valentin Danilov (Krivoy Rog, Ukraine) , R.Arutyunyan (Armenia), Michael Vashkevich Minsk, (Belorussia),...
On June 29 this year legendary Olympic weightlifter, brilliant and remarkable Dr. Peter George turns 88. Peter George was one of the most successful and decorated lifters of the first post World War II...
History in Color: Champion of the world and Europe , USSR champion, Igor Sadykov (b. 1967) of Usbekistan.
History in color: Best Polish light heavyweight of the 1960s, Norbert Ozimek and his coach Augustyn Dziedzic are discussing the training session in the late 1960s.
History in Color: The lineup of the winners of gold medals of the 1967 USSR Spartakiade. Left to right: Nikolay Nogaytsev (67.5kg, Dynamo, Moscow), Erkin Karimov (60kg, Burevestnik, Tashkent), Victor Kurentsov (75kg, Army, Khabarovsk),...
History in color: One of all-time best bantamweights in the world, Zygmunt Smalcerz is training with the national Team Poland in the late 1960s.
History in Color: One of all-time best Olympic weightlifters, Blagoy Blagoev competes for Bulgaria at the 1983 World Championship in Moscow. In 1983, Blagoev won the World title in the 90kg weight class with...