Robert Allart (Belgium)
History in Color: Robert Allart (born in 1913) was the finest Belgian Olympic weightlifter of the first decade after the end of the World War 2. He competed in the heavyweight class and represented...
History in Color: Robert Allart (born in 1913) was the finest Belgian Olympic weightlifter of the first decade after the end of the World War 2. He competed in the heavyweight class and represented...
History in Color: September 12, 1986, Moscow, Russia – 19-year old sub heavyweight Igor Sadykov of Fergana, Uzbekistan competes in the 100kg weight class at the 1986 USSR Spatakiade held at the Izmaylovo Weightlifting...
History in Color: September 16, 1962, Budapest, Hungary – 23-year old bantamweight Yoshinobu Miyake of Japan wins his first world title with a world record in total (352.5kg) in the 56kg weight class at...
History in Color: October 24, 1975, London, Great Britain – Winners of the invitational Strong Men Weightlifting International Tournament in London: legendary super heavyweights Aslanbek Yenaldiev (USSR, 1st place), Khristo Plachkov (Bulgaria, 2nd place)...
History in Color: August 1, 1967, Moscow, Russia – Soviet middle heavyweight, European vice champion Anatoly Kalenichenko of the Dynamo Club (Volgograd, Russia) sets a new world record in snatch (151.5kg) in the 90kg...
History in Color: June 22, 1971, Sofia, Bulgaria – 30-year old lightweight Peter Korol of Lvov, Ukraine sets a new world record in clean-and-jerk (173.5kg) at the 1971 European Championships in Sofia. Five years...
History in Color: August 2, 1979, Leningrad, Russia – Candidate to the 1980 Olympic Team USSR, sub heavyweigh Vladimir Kononov of the Trud Club of Novokuybyshevsk, Russia competed in the snatch program in the...
History in Color: March 11, 1961, Moscow, Russia – The first Polish Olympic champion in weightlifting, middle heavyweight Ireneusz Palinski wins in the 90kg weight class with new world record in clean-and-jerk (186.5kg) at...
History in Color: May 18, 1980, Moscow, Russia – Soviet super heavyweight Aslanbek Yenaldiev of the Spartak Club (Ordzhonikidze, Russia) competes in the 110+kg class at the 1980 USSR Championships in Moscow. The 1980...
History in Color: September 9, 1960, Rome, Italy – Light heavyweight Jim George of Akron, OH, USA competes in the 82.5kg class at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Jim George entered the Olympics...