Happy Birthday to Robert Kabbas of Australia!
March 15, 2023 – Happy Birthday to legendary Olympic weightlifting champion Robert Kabbas of Australia!
March 15, 2023 – Happy Birthday to legendary Olympic weightlifting champion Robert Kabbas of Australia!
History in Color: October 19, 1946, Paris, France – In the end of the last day of the 1946 World Championships, the winners in the the heavyweight class (82.5+kg) received their medals at the...
History in Color: August 30, 1972, Munich, Germany – 25-year old lightweight Mladen Kuchev of Team Bulgaria sets the last world record in press (157.5kg) in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1972 Summer...
History in Color: June 1964, Paris, France – Legendary middle heavyweight, 32-year old Ireneusz Palinski of Poland completes a clean-and-jerk (185kg) at the invitational international tournament dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the French...
The cover photo of the History in Color series features a color version of a portrait of legendary John Terry who became the first Black American weightlifter to compete for the United States at...
I guess weightlifting is popular at the Maldives. Previously, we looked at the stamps from the Maldives celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Olympic Games (1896-1996). Now it’s a tribute to legendary Naim Suleymanoglu...
January 3, 2023 – One of the best super heavyweights of the 1970s, Petr Pavlasek of Czech Republic passed away in Tyn nad Vltavou at 75. A 2x Olympian, Petr Pavlasek competed for for...
The cover photo of the History in Color series features my color version of a portrait of one of the most distinguished Czech weightlifters of the 20th century, a “poster boy” of Czechoslovakian weightlifting...
Parlez-vous français? Vous avez 50 centimes? Bonne année 2023 à la Charles Rigoulot!
Sad news arrived last Friday from Houston, Texas, USA. Legendary Olympic weightlifter and coach Mihaly Huszka passed away at 89. Mihaly Huszka was one of the athletes from world famous group of Hungarian lifters...