David Rigert Gets Ready For a Big Lift (1975)
History in Color: March 19, 1975, Zaporozhye, Ukraine – Legendary David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia competes for the Team USSR in the 90kg class at the 1975 Friendship Cup in Zaporozhye. He won the...
History in Color: March 19, 1975, Zaporozhye, Ukraine – Legendary David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia competes for the Team USSR in the 90kg class at the 1975 Friendship Cup in Zaporozhye. He won the...
Remembering Olympic weightlifting legends, athletes, coaches, administrators and many more, that we lost in 2020. In Memoriam 2020 Patrick BASSEY , Nigeria 1957 – 2020 Pavel SYRCHIN, Soviet Union 1957 – 2020 Gyorgy REHUS UZOR, Hungary 1946...
History in Color: July 1936 – U.S. weightlifters, coaches and administrators have arrived to Berlin for the 1936 Summer Olympics (left to right): Front row (sitting): Walter Good (75kg, 14th), Tony Terlazzo (60kg, 1st/Gold),...
History in Color: March 5, 1972, Ulm, West Germany – U.S. middle heavyweight Phil Grippaldi competes in the 90kg weight class at the invitational pre-Olympic international tournament in Ulm, Germany. Phil won the third...
History in Color: October 17, 1968, Mexico City, Mexico – Soviet light heavyweight Boris Selitsky of Leningrad, Russia, USSR presses 150kg in the 82.5kg weight class tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico...
History in Color: April 8, 1976, Berlin, East Germany – 22-year old World champion Trendafil Stoychev of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria competes for Team Bulgaria in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1976 European Championships in...
History in Color: October 19, 1966, Berlin, East Germany – Finnish light heavyweight Kaarlo Kangasniemi is about ready to start a lift in the 82.5kg class at the 1966 World and European Championships in...
History in Color: November 7, 1967, Budapest, Hungary – 19-year old bantamweight Karel Prohl, rising star of Czechoslovakian weightlifting, competes in the 56kg class at the international tournament of Olympic hopes held at the...
History in Color: October 19, 1966, Berlin, East Germany – Legend of Finnish weightlifting, 4x Olympian Jaakko Kailajarvi of Tampere, Finland competes in the snatch program at the 1966 World and European Championships in...
History in Color: June 26, 1964, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Four months before winning an Olympic gold medal in the middleweight in Tokyo, Hans Zdrazila of Team Czechoslovakia wins a silver medal in the...