1948 Team USA
Here goes another History in Color shot of American strongest that went to compete for the country at the first post World War II Olympics in London. Top row (left to right): Bob Hoffman,...
Here goes another History in Color shot of American strongest that went to compete for the country at the first post World War II Olympics in London. Top row (left to right): Bob Hoffman,...
On the History in Color photo, legendary U.S. weightlifters are training in the good old York Barbell gym in York, PA. I know it might sound too pathetic – too many “legendaries” here. It’s...
History in Color: October 19, 1966, Berlin – Soviet light heavyweight Vladimir Belyaev of Kiev, Ukraine jerks 190kg in the 3rd attempt, sets a world record in total (485kg) and wins the 1966 World...
Just added the new items to the Lift Up project. One of them is the great USA vs. USSR weightlifting series of matches in 1955. The matches were a part of a good will...
On the History in Color photo, Oxen Mirzoyan of Yerevan, Armenia performs his snatch lifting at the 1989 Frienship Cup in Tallinn, Estonia. Oxen Mirzoyan (b.1961) was an outstanding bantamweight lifter in the 1980s....
The original black-and-white photo for the History in Color cover came from the archives of the famous Soviet athlete and coach Arkady Vorobyev. The photo shows the Team CCCP Weightlifting on the early morning...
History in Color: Olof Arvid Andersson (1919-2011) happens to be the most successful Swedish Olympic weightlifter of the 20th century. Andersson was a two-time Olympian and represented Sweden at the Summer Olympics in London...
History in Color: Ota Zaremba (b. 1957) is one of the most successful Czech weightlifters of all times. The were three Olympic weightlifting champions in the history of Czechoslovakia. Heavyweight Jaroslav Skobla won the...
March 4, 1972, Ulm (Germany) – 28-year old flyweight Adam Gnatov of Lvov, Ukraine sets a new world record in the press lift. Adam Gnatov (b. 1944) was a powerful Soviet Olympic weightlifter in...
45 years ago Paul Henderson scored The Goal in Canada vs. USSR Game 8 in Moscow, the last game of the 1972 Summit Series. It was a game winning goal. It was...