Two World Records by Jaan Talts (HIC)
History in color: August 1, 1967 – 23-year old Jaan Talts of Estonia sets two new world records in the 90kg weight class at the 1967 USSR Spartakiade. Talts won his first gold medal...
Tagged: Weightlifting
Team CCCP in the United States (1978)
History in Color: A group shot of Team CCCP Weightlifting during their stay in the USA at the 1978 World Championhip. The original photo by Bruce Klemens (USA) Front row (l to r)): D.Rigert...
Super Heavyweights in 1971
History in Color Series: Introduction of the 110+kg athletes at the 1971 USSR Spartakiade and Championships in Moscow. Left to right: Kuzmin (Russia), Alexeev (Russia), Batishchev (Ukraine), Nuude (Estonia), Sliede (Latvia), Kazandzhyan (Georgia), Khizambareli...
Rigert in Moscow 1975
History in Color: Soviet finest David Rigert of Shakty, Russia cleans weight at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow.
Ivanchenko: Russian Training Classic Style
History in Color: On the cover photo, legendary Soviet light heavyweight Gennady Ivanchenko is working out in his Dynamo gym in Riga, Latvia. Ivanchenko used a wide variety of support and strength exercises in...
Bogdanovsky
History in Color Series: Fedor Bogdanovsky (1930-2014), Olympic champion (1956), the middleweight class lead of Team CCCP in the 1950s.
Schemansky Goes For Another Record
History in Color: Norbert Schemansky just became an Olympic champion in the 90kg class and set a new world record in clean-and-jerk (177.5kg). Now, he goes for another world record in his 4th attempt.
Paul Anderson in LA
History in Color: Legendary super heavyweight champion Paul Anderson of Team USA Weightlifting is performing back squats in LA.
Stogov
History in Color: Vladimir Stogov of Team USSR presses 105kg in the 56kg class. The lift takes place during the USA vs. USSR weightlifting match in May 1958 in Chicago, IL.
Victor Sots
History in Color Series: Victor Sots (b. 1958) of Donetsk, Ukraine, USSR is completing the clean-and-jerk lift. Victor Sots was one of the strongest lifters in the 100kg class in the early 1980s. He won...
