Adam Saydullaev (1956-2022)
October 9, 2022 – Sad new came from Grozhy, Chechnya, Russia. One of the best Soviet mid heavyweights of the late 1970s – early 1980s, Adam Saydullaev passed away at 65. Adam Saydullaev competed...
October 9, 2022 – Sad new came from Grozhy, Chechnya, Russia. One of the best Soviet mid heavyweights of the late 1970s – early 1980s, Adam Saydullaev passed away at 65. Adam Saydullaev competed...
October 9, 2022 – Legendary U.S. weightlifter, native of a world famous weightlifting town of York, Pennsylvania, USA, William “Bill” March passed away in his hometown. He was 85. Bill Match was a U.S....
September 30, 2022, Dnipro, Ukraine – Olympic champion, World champion and World records holder, legendary Yury Zaitsev passed away at 71. Yury Zaitsev was one of the strongest Soviet heavyweights (110kg) of the 1970s....
September 25, 2022, Tbilisi, Georgia – Olympic champion Rafael Chimishkyan passed away at 93 in his home Republic of Georgia. Rafael Chimishkyan was a true champion and legend of Olympic weightlifting. He had a...
History in Color: St. Brides, London, Great Britain, August 1960– Candidates to the British Olympic weightlifting team gathered for a press shot during one of the last training sessions before going to the 1960...
August 21, 2022 – 10x U.S. national and a Wold champion, legendary lightweight Joe Pitman (1924-2018) would been 98 today. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Champion! History in Color: October 14, 1950, Paris, France – U.S....
History in Color: September 22, 1961, Vienna, Austria – Soviet light heavyweight Rudolf Plyukfelder wins a gold medal in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1961 World Championships in Vienna. “In team contest, the...
History in Color: March 19, 1965, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Belgian super heavyweight Serge Reding competes in the 90+kg class at the 1965 Prize of Moscow International tournament in Moscow. It was the first...
History in Color: Tokyo, Japan, October 1964 – U.S. finest Olympic weightlifters and coaches have arrived to compete at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (left to right): Front row: Bill March (York, PA;...
History in Color: One of the best Olympic weightlifters and overall athletes of Italy, Sebastiano Mannironi performs a snatch lift in a slick split style in 1960. Sebastiano Mannironi (1930-2015) was a definite elite...