Now and Then: Anatoly Pisarenko and Zygmunt Smalcerz
Legends of Olympic weightlifting, Anatoly Pisarenko (Ukraine) and Zygmunt Smalcerz (Poland) back in the 1980s and today at the 2023 Weightlifting Masters World Championships in Wieliczka, Poland
Legends of Olympic weightlifting, Anatoly Pisarenko (Ukraine) and Zygmunt Smalcerz (Poland) back in the 1980s and today at the 2023 Weightlifting Masters World Championships in Wieliczka, Poland
History in Color: July 24, 1980, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Alexander Pervy of Donetsk, Ukraine sets up an Olympic and world record in a clean-and-jerk program (200kg) in the 75kg weight class at the...
The year of the make is not a typo. Unlike movie classic masterpiece “Roman Holiday” (1953), there is no Audrey Hepburn and no Gregory Peck in this one. It’s a group snapshot of athletes...
History in Color: Melbourne, Australia, November 1956 – Paul Anderson (USA) and Yakov Kutsenko (USSR) in the Olympic village at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. At the 1956 Olympics, Paul Anderson won the...
1. Olympic Weightlifting Saga (Stockholm, Sweden) Back in the old days, Stockholm hosted Olympic Weightlifting World Championships three times – in 1953, 1958 and 1963. Ironically, the years are a perfect match to the...
June 16, 2023 – Ben Helfgott, Holocaust survivor and British Olympian at the Olymics in 1956 and 1960, died at 93. Benjamin “Ben” Helfgott survived the Holocaust as a teenager and then he went...
August 31, 1972, Munich, West Germany – Middleweight Russ Knipp competes for the United States in the 75kg weight class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. His final total was 457.5kg (160+127.5+170)
September 4, 1972, Munich, West Germany –Winners of the Olympic weightlifting competition in the 110kg class receive their medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (left to right): Alexander Kraychev (Bulgaria), silver medal,...
History in Color: May 12, 1958, Chicago, IL, USA – Soviet and U.S Olympic weightlifters are waiting for the opening call of the first match of the 1958 USA vs. USSR match in Chicago....
History in Color @LiftUp Shakhty, Rostov-on-Don, USSR, January 1970 – Light heavyweight David Rigert and his coach Rudolf Plukfelder are enjoying a conversation after a training session in the Weightlifting Hall in their hometown...