Joe Di Pietro and John Davis (1948)
History in Color: July 21, 1948, Southampton, UK – Members of the U.S. Olympic weightlifting team, bantamweight Joe Di Pietro of New Jersey and heavyweight John Davis of New York City are enjoying the...
History in Color: July 21, 1948, Southampton, UK – Members of the U.S. Olympic weightlifting team, bantamweight Joe Di Pietro of New Jersey and heavyweight John Davis of New York City are enjoying the...
History in Color: July 18, 1976, Montreal, Canada – 25-year old Soviet flyweight Alexander Voronin of Kemerovo, Russia prepares for lifting in the 52kg weight class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Alexander...
History in Color: March 10, 1961, Moscow, Russia – 24-year old middle heavyweight Louis Martin of Great Britain competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1961 Cup of Moscow international tournament in the...
History in Color: April 28, 1973, Donetsk, Ukraine – Middle heavyweight of the Team USSR, 29-year old Vasily Kolotov of Pervoyralsk, Russia competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1973 USSR Championships in...
March 15, 2019 – One of the finest Olympic weightlifters of Australia, vice champion of Summer Olympics and the World, Robert Kabbas celebrates his 64th Birthday! Robert Kabbas competed in three Olympic Games –...
History in Color: November 26, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – Olympic vice champion, heavyweight Humberto Selvetti of Team Argentina congratulates Paul Anderson of Team USA with a gold medal in the 90+kg weight class at...
History in Color: March 21, 1981, Lvov, Ukraine – Legendary David Rigert of Taganrog, Russia competes in the 100kg weight class and snatches the world record (185kg) in his first attempt at the 1981...
History in Color: September 7-13, 1963, Stockholm, Sweden – Members of the U.S. and U.S.S.R. weightlifting teams are spotted during the sight seeing of Stockholm during the 1963 World Championships (left to right): heavyweight...
Legendary David Rigert turns 72 today! Happy Birthday to the Legend!
History in Color: Team USSR Weightlifting (Head coach A. Medvedev, Summer 1974) in the training in Feodosia (left to right): Front row: Eduard Dergachev (Minsk, Belarus, 67.5kg), Vladimir Anikin (Riga, Latvia, 56kg), Alexander Voronin...