Fantomas: Weighlifting Version
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Tagged: Olympics
Ups and Downs
History in Color: Life consists of the flow of ups and downs. This one is definitely was a “big down” for legendary David Rigert. On the enchanced cover photo, David Rigert bombs out in the...
Peter George (USA)
History in Color: Peter George (b. 1929) of Team USA was one of the most distinguished Olympic weightlifter in the history of this sport. He won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics...
Valery Shary: Going For the World Record
History in Color: Soviet light heavyweight Valery Shary goes for the world record in the clean-and-jerk at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow. He just secured a gold medal in the 82.5kg class with...
Imre Foldi (1938-2017)
Sad news came from Hungary. One of the best Olympic weightlifters of all times, Imre Foldi died on April 23, 2017. He was 78 years old. Imre Foldi was a true legend of the...
Training in 1956
History in Color series: Team CCCP Weightlifting is training hard for the upcoming 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Powerful Soviet light heavyweight Trofim Lomakin seems to be upset by something. Behind him is his...
Vakhonin
From the History in Color series: Alexey Vakhonin of Kiselevsk, Russia competes in the bantamweight class at the 1963 Cup of Moscow. In a year, Vakhonin will win the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in...
Vyacheslav Andreev: World Record in 1979
History in Color: March 22, 1979, Leningrad, Russia, USSR – Lightweight Vyacheslav Andreev of Kokchetav, Kazakhstan, is setting a new clean-and-jerk world record (181kg) in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1979 Friendship Cup...
Saxonov
The cover photo from our History in Color Series, features a portrait of Nikolay Saxonov (1923-2011), champion of the World, Europe, USSR and author of seven world records. Nilolay Saxonov is a true legend...
Vasily Stepanov
History in Color Series: European champion and world records author Vasily Stepanov (1927-2011) Vasily Stepanov was one of the top Soviet Olympic weightlifters of the secong half of the 1950s. He won the silver...
