Hans Zdrazila at the 1963 Danube Cup
History in Color: Budapest, Hungary, 1963 – One of the best middleweights of the 1960s, Hans Zdrazila competes for Team Czechoslovakia in the 75kg class at the 1963 Danube Cup in Danube. In a...
History in Color: Budapest, Hungary, 1963 – One of the best middleweights of the 1960s, Hans Zdrazila competes for Team Czechoslovakia in the 75kg class at the 1963 Danube Cup in Danube. In a...
History in Color: August 1, 1967, Moscow, USSR – The 90kg weight class winners of the 1967 USSR Spartakiade and 1967 USSR Championships are receiving their awards at the “Shakhter” (Coal Miner) Weightlifting Hall...
History in Color: June 1929, Cairo, Egypt – Olympic champion, 24-year old El Sayed Nosseir is training at the Cairo Sporting Club a year after winning a gold Olympic medal in Amsterdam. El Sayed...
History in Color: September 9, 1960, Rome, Italy – Light heavyweight Ireneusz Palinski of Team Poland competes in the snatch program on his way to his gold medal in the 82.5kg weight class at...
History in Color: July 25, 1979, Leningrad, Russia – 28-year old flyweight, Olympic champion Alexander Voronin of Kemerovo, Russia goes for 137.5kg in the clean-and-jerk program in the 52kg weight class at the 1979...
On November 3, 2019, legendary strongman, Olympic champion Charles Rigoulot (1903-1962) would have celebrated his 116th Birthday! On the History in Color cover photo, Charles Rigoulot is shown training in France in May 1931....
History in Color: June 1964, Paris, France – Legendary super heavyweight champion Leonid Zhabotinsky performs a snatch lift at the invitational international tournament dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the French Weightlifting Federation. Leonid...
History in Color: June 9, 1974, York, PA, USA – 20-year light heavyweight Lee James performs a clean-and-jerk lift in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1974 AAU Senior Nationals in York, Pennsylvania. It...
History in Color: In many ways, the year of 1959 was a milestone in the history of Polish Olympic weightlifting. 60 years ago, it was a huge break through for weightlifting in Poland. For...
History in Color: October 28, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 27-year old middle heavyweight Blagoy Blagoev of Team Bulgaria performs his magic in the snatch lifting in the 90kg weight class at the 1983 World...