Helmut Losch
Helmut Losch (1947-2005) of Stralsund, Germany was the first Olympic Weightlifter from East Germany to earn the title of World Champion. He won gold medal in the clean-and-jerk competition at the 1971 World Champiomship...
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Big Names. Small Talk.
Just a casual conversation between world famous weightlifting personalities in the late 1970s. Left to Right: Leonid Zhabotinsky (2x Olympic champion), David Rigert (Olympic champion), Sultan Rakhmanov (Olympic champion) and Igor Kudyukov (Head coach, 1975-1980) of...
Vorobyev (1954)
Cover photo features legendary Soviet athlete and coach Arkady Vorobyev performing the clean-and-jerk lift in the heavy middleweight class at the 1954 World Championship in Vienna, Austria. By the end of this tournament, Vorobyev won...
Chuck Vinci (USA)
The cover photo from our History in Color Series features the snatch lift by 2x Olympic Champion Charles Vinci of Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Charles Vinci (b. 1933) was one of the greatest bantamweight athletes...
Trofim Lomakin (1954)
Vienna, Austria, 1954 – Olympic champion Trofim Lomakin of Moscow, Russia competes at the 1954 World Championship. The results of the tournament are presented below: 1954 World Championship Location: Vienna, AUT Weight Class: Light Heavyweight [82.5 kg]More Info...
Best Super Heavyweights In 1976
July 27, 1976, Montreal, Canada – Introduction of athletes before the beginning of the competition in the super heavyweight class at the Summer Olympics in Montreal Left to right: Jouko LEPPA (Finland), Jan-Olot NOLSJO (Sweden), Vasily ALEXEEV...
Leonid Taranenko: World Record in 1980
History in Color: March 9, 1980, Podolsk, Russia, USSR – Heavyweight Leonid Taranenko of the Urozhay club, Minsk, Belorussia, snatches a new world record (187.5kg) in the 110kg weight class in Podolsk, Russia. A...
Khristo Plachkov (Bulgaria)
Bulgarian super heavyweight Khristo Plachkov (1953-2009) was the first athlete in the world that managed to snatch 200 kg. On the cover photo, Plachkov tries to snatch 200 kg at the 1975 World Championship...
In Deep Thoughts
The strongest man on the planet, Vasily Alexeev (1942-2011) is in deep thoughts on this cover photo from the History in Color series. Alexeev dominated the super heavyweight class in the 1970s, made 80 corrections...
15 Seconds Of Magic With Helmut Balderris
Continuing celebration the 65th Birthday of Helmut Balderis, we present a mini-player with selected under 15 seconds clips showcasing some of his magic moments on ice. Click “View More” and celebrate!
