World Record By Dzhamal Panakhov
Dzhamal Panakhov in the History in Color A few days ago, we received a nice message sent to us by one of the best Soviet sub heavyweights (100kg weight class) Dzhamal Panakhov:...
Dzhamal Panakhov in the History in Color A few days ago, we received a nice message sent to us by one of the best Soviet sub heavyweights (100kg weight class) Dzhamal Panakhov:...
History in Color: Moscow, USSR, April 15, 1967 – Yury Vlasov presses 199kg (world record) at the 9th Summer Spartakiade of Moscow. This was the last world record set by the legendary super heavyweight...
History in Color: Famous Finnish lightweight Jouni Grönman performs a snatch lift. Olympic weightlifting of Finland produced three medalists of the Summer Olympics. Jouni Grönman is one of these distinguished athletes. He won bronze...
History in Color: Leningrad, USSR, July 1979 – 30-year old Viktor Veretennikov wins the 1979 USSR Spartakiade in the 56kg weight class. Viktor Veretennikov (b. 1949) was a world class bantamweight from Volgograd, USSR....
Stockholm, September 17, 1958 – Legendary U.S. featherweight Isaac Berger sets a new 147.5kg clean-and-jerk world record at the 1958 World championships in Stockholm, Sweden. The original black-and-white photo is a famous shot by...
The “History in Color” series presents a glimpse on one of the most memorable Team USA Weightlifting that won the 1946 World Championship in Paris, France. Left to right: John Davis (82.5+kg, gold medal),...
The History in Color photo depicts, perhaps, one of the saddest moments in the sports career of legendary David Rigert. He was eliminated from the competition in the middle heavyweight class at the 1972...
On the cover “History in Color” photo, legendary Bulgarian lightweight and middleweight Yanko Rusev competes in the snatch lifting at the 1983 World Championship in Moscow. Yanko Rusev (born 1958) was a 5x World...
On the History in Color cover photo, legendary Tommy Kono of Team USA competes at the Prize of Moscow. Norbert Schemansky once said that American weightlifters were more popular in Russia than at home....
History in Color: Stockholm, September 13, 1963 – Yury Vlasov of Moscow, Russia competes in the 90+kg weight class at the 1963 World Championship in Stockholm. Vlasov won his 4th world title with the...