Blagoev (Bulgaria)
History in Color: One of all-time best Olympic weightlifters, Blagoy Blagoev competes for Bulgaria at the 1983 World Championship in Moscow. In 1983, Blagoev won the World title in the 90kg weight class with...
History in Color: One of all-time best Olympic weightlifters, Blagoy Blagoev competes for Bulgaria at the 1983 World Championship in Moscow. In 1983, Blagoev won the World title in the 90kg weight class with...
Here is a collector’s edition for the fans of Olympic weightlifting. This is the first batch of the posters I designed to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the first CCCP championship held in March 1918....
History in Color: Team CCCP weightlifting in the training camp in Feodosia in 1978. Top row (l to r): G. Baldin, R. Naniev, A. Saydullaev, V. Kuznichenko, Yu. Vardanyan, D. Rigert, V. Shary, I....
History in Color: Anatoly Mayasin of Latvia competes in the 75kg weight class at the 1971 USSR Spartakiada in Moscow. In 1971, Mayasin was 40 and the 1971 USSR Spartakiada was the last tournament...
History in Color: Harold Sakata of Team USA Weightlifting competes at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. For the most of the world, he is known as Oddjob from the Goldfinger (1964), one of...
History in Color: The photo features pioneers of the Soviet weightliftin in the pre World War II era. The exact location and date haven’t been identified yet. From right to left, you can see...
History in Color: Best Soviet super heavyweights gathered to compete at the 1979 U.S.S.R. Spartakiade in Leningrad. The only exception was Vasily Alexeev who was on the injured list and trained for the 1980 Olympics...
History in Color: One of the greatest weightlifters of Poland, Marian Zielinski is training in the national team camp. Marian Zielinski (1929-2005) was one of the best in the world in the 1960s. He...
History in Color: David Rigert of Team CCCP Weightlifting cj’s 220kg and becomes the world champion in Gettysburg, USA (1978). It was the 7th world title of the legendary weightlifter.
History in color: This photo of Team USA 1960 was taken in the Olympic village in Rome prior to the opening ceremony. Top row (l-r): Bob Hoffman, John Pulskamp (4th place, 90kg), Jim Bradford...