Gennady Bessonov
History in Color: July 31, 1979, Leningrad, Russia – Gennady Bessonov of Shakhty, Russia competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1979 USSR Championship and Spartakiad. Gennady Bessonov (b. 1954) needs no special...
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Training in Stockholm
Weightlifting History in Color: Team USSR Weightlifting is training during the 1963 World Champuonship in Stockholm, Sweden. In the back (left to right), Vladimir Kaplunov (67.5kg, Khabarovsk, Russia), Eduard Brovko (90kg, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine), Alexey...
Super Mario In LA
History in Color: August 8, 1984, Los Angeles, California – Mario Martinez, 27-year old super heavyweight of Team USA, wins a silver medal in the 110+kg class at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los...
Ageless Champion Fred Lowe (USA)
The Weightlifting History in Color cover photo features the clean-and-jerk lift by Fred Lowe, one of the most impressive U.S. middleweight. Frederick “Fred” Lowe (b. 1947) was a 3-x U.S. Olympian. He competed at...
Cuba: Numero Uno
The History in Color series features Cuban lightweight champ Roberto Urrutia training in Cuba. Roberto “Tony” Urrutia (born in 1957) was the first Cuban weightlifter ever to set a world record (1975) and to...
Second Attempt of Valery Shary (1976)
History in Color: July 24, 1976, Montreal, Canada – Soviet light heavyweight Valery Shary of Minsk, Belarus, competes in the snatch program of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. After a disaster performance in...
Mario Martinez (1957-2018)
Vice champion of the 1984 Summer Olympics, Mario Martinez of Team USA died on January 14, 1960 at the age of 60. Mario Martinez was one of the most memorable and inspiring American weightlifters...
Pisarenko (1981)
Weightlifting History in Color: One of the most memorable super heavyweights in the history of Olympic weightlifting, Anatoly Pisarenko of Kiev, Ukraine wins his first World Championship in Lille, France in 1981. Pisarenko won...
Olympic Press Lift By N.Schemanski
History in Color: September 13, 1963 – Legendary “Mr. Weightlifter” Norbert Schemansky of Team USA performs an Olympic press lift at the 1963 World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.
First World Championship Of Naim Suleymanoglu
History in Color: Original black-and-white picture by Gogi Gurgenyan features 16-year old Naim Suleymanov of Bulgaria receiving an ovation from the public at the 1983 World Championships in Moscow, Russia. It was his first...
