Olympic Press Lift by Peter George (USA) in Helsinki, 1952
History in Color: July 26, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – U.S. middleweight Peter George of Akron, Ohio USA competes in the press program on his way to the gold medal in the 75kg class at...
History in Color: July 26, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – U.S. middleweight Peter George of Akron, Ohio USA competes in the press program on his way to the gold medal in the 75kg class at...
March 5, 2019 – Legendary Grigory Novak (1919-1980), the first Soviet World champion and a great athlete and entertainer, would have celebrated his 100th birthday. Everybody knew him. He was a national hero. He...
History in Color June 18, 1955, Moscow, Russia – 34 year-old middleweight Yury Duganov of Team USSR is setting a new world record in snatch (132.5kg) in the 75kg class at the 2nd match...
History in Color: July 27, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – On the last day the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, victorious team USA gathered on the stage for celebration (left to right): Front row: Richard...
History in Color: August 11, 1948, London, Great Britain – Olympic medal winners in the 82.5+ class at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London (left to right): Norbert Schemanky (USA, silver medal, 425kg), John...
History in Color: The cover photo of the History in Color series features one of the most distinguished Czech weightlifters of the 20th century Vaclav Psenicka Jr. (1931-2015). He was a 2x Olympian, who...
History in Color: July 20, 1980, Moscow, Russia – Soviet flyweight Kanybek Osmonaliev of Frunze, Kirgizia wins a gold medal in the 52kg class at the 1980 Summer Olympics at the Izvaylovo Weightlifting Arena...
October 19, 1985, Sydney, Australia – Olympic champion Dean Lukin and his coach Leon Holme are about ready to deliver another moment of joy and celebration for Australia at the 1985 Australian Weightlifting Championships...
History in Color: Sofia, Bulgaria, 1968 – First year students of weightlifting class of Ivan Abadzhiev are perfoming a clean-and-jerk lift in training at the Youth Sports School in Sofia: Left to right: Boby...
History in Color: August 2, 1979, Leningrad, Russia – Heavyweight medalists in the 110kg class of the 1979 USSR Spartakiade and 1979 USSR Championships in Leningrad (left to right): Sergey Arakelov (Spartak, Krasnodar, Russia,...