Team Army Wins the USSR Cup in Donetsk (1981)
History in Color: December 23, 1981, Donetsk, Ukraine – Members of Team Army receives the main award of the tournament after winning the first place at the 1981 USSR Cup in Donetsk (left to...
History in Color: December 23, 1981, Donetsk, Ukraine – Members of Team Army receives the main award of the tournament after winning the first place at the 1981 USSR Cup in Donetsk (left to...
History in Color: October 14, 1955, Munich, Germany – Olympic champion Peter George of Acron, USA competes in the press program of the 75kg weight class at the 1955 World Championships in Munich. Olympic...
History in Color: September 12, 1963, Stockholm, Sweden – 27-year old middle heavyweight Bill March of Team USA competes in the 90kg class at the 1963 World Championships in Stockholm. William “Bill” Match (b....
History in Color: December 7, 1971, Yerevan, Armenia – One of the strongest and most charismatic heavyweights of the 1970s, 24-year old Pavel Pervushin of the Army Club (Leningrad, Russia) sets a new world...
History in Color: March 10, 1961, Moscow, Russia – 30-year old light heavyweight Tommy Kono of the United States competed in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1961 Prize of Moscow International tournament in...
History in Color: July 26, 1978, Edmonton, Canada – Australian athletes are training in the weightlifting hall in Edmonton before the beginning of the 1978 Commonwealth Games (left to right): Charlie Quagliata (82.5kg, silver...
History in Color: Summer 1976, Estonia – World records holder and national heavyweight champion, 30-year old Karl Utsar of Estonia is performing a snatch lift outdoors during a big farmers’ event in Estonia. Karl...
Just received a very sad note from the family of Olympic weightlifting legend Norbert Schemansky (1924-2016). Norbert’s only son Larry passed away yesterday morning at 64. My most sincere condolences go the Schemansky family....
History in Color: April 26, 1974, Tbilisi, Georgia –Legendary super heavyweight, 2x Olympic champion Leonid Zhabotinsky congratulates 22-year old middleweight Alexander Galkin with a silver medal in the 75kg weight class at the 1974...
History in Color: October 14, 1955, Munich, Germany – Weightlifting middleweight champions Fedor Bogdanovsky (left) of Leningrad, USSR and Peter George of Akron, OH, USA are receiving their medals and awards after competing in...