Featherweights Berger and Minaev in 1958
History in Color: May 12, 1958, Chicago, IL, USA – Soviet and U.S Olympic weightlifters are waiting for the opening call of the first match of the 1958 USA vs. USSR match in Chicago....
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Coaches and Athletes: Plukfelder and Rigert
History in Color @LiftUp Shakhty, Rostov-on-Don, USSR, January 1970 – Light heavyweight David Rigert and his coach Rudolf Plukfelder are enjoying a conversation after a training session in the Weightlifting Hall in their hometown...
Happy Birthday to Robert Kabbas of Australia!
March 15, 2023 – Happy Birthday to legendary Olympic weightlifting champion Robert Kabbas of Australia!
Grand Finale in Paris (1946)
History in Color: October 19, 1946, Paris, France – In the end of the last day of the 1946 World Championships, the winners in the the heavyweight class (82.5+kg) received their medals at the...
Mladen Kuchev (Bulgaria) and His Eternal World Record in Press
History in Color: August 30, 1972, Munich, Germany – 25-year old lightweight Mladen Kuchev of Team Bulgaria sets the last world record in press (157.5kg) in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1972 Summer...
Ireneusz Palinski (Poland) Wins the Middle Heavyweight Class in Paris
History in Color: June 1964, Paris, France – Legendary middle heavyweight, 32-year old Ireneusz Palinski of Poland completes a clean-and-jerk (185kg) at the invitational international tournament dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the French...
John Terry (USA): The First Black American Weightlifter to Represent the U.S. at the Summer Olympics
The cover photo of the History in Color series features a color version of a portrait of legendary John Terry who became the first Black American weightlifter to compete for the United States at...
Olympics, Weightlifting and Stamps: Tribute from the Maldives
I guess weightlifting is popular at the Maldives. Previously, we looked at the stamps from the Maldives celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Olympic Games (1896-1996). Now it’s a tribute to legendary Naim Suleymanoglu...
Remembering Petr Pavlasek (1947-2023)
January 3, 2023 – One of the best super heavyweights of the 1970s, Petr Pavlasek of Czech Republic passed away in Tyn nad Vltavou at 75. A 2x Olympian, Petr Pavlasek competed for for...
Young Vaclav Psenicka Jr: Weightlifting Promise of Czechoslovakia
The cover photo of the History in Color series features my color version of a portrait of one of the most distinguished Czech weightlifters of the 20th century, a “poster boy” of Czechoslovakian weightlifting...
