Waldemar Baszanowski (Poland)
History in Color: Waldemar Baszanowski (1935-2011) was a legendary lifter from Poland. He is one of the greatest weightlifters of all time and nations. As a member of Polish national team, he took part...
History in Color: Waldemar Baszanowski (1935-2011) was a legendary lifter from Poland. He is one of the greatest weightlifters of all time and nations. As a member of Polish national team, he took part...
History in Color: Welcome to Stockholm, Mr. Yury Vlasov! Välkommen till Stockholm, herr Yury Vlasov! Back in the 1950s and 1960s, Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden, was almost an unofficial capital of the...
History in Color: July 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Athletes of weightlifting Team Canada arrived to Finland to compete at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki (left to right): Dave Baillie (90+kg, 6th place), Jack...
History in Color: September 3, 1972, Munich, Germany – 20-year old middle heavyweight Atanas Shopov of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria performs a snatch lift on his way to a silver Olympic medal in the 90kg class...
History in Color: Sofia, Bulgaria, 1977 – 19-year old Victor Sots of Donetsk, Ukraine competes for Team USSR in the clean-and-jerk program in the 90kg class at the 1977 Junior European Championships in Sofia....
History in Color: July 26, 1956, Helsinki, Finland – Legendary Peter George of Team USA completes his 150kg opener in the clean-and-jerk program on his way to the gold medal in the 75kg class...
History in Color: November 1956, Melbourne, Australia – Weightlifters of Team Canada are ready to compete at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne (left to right): Charles Walker (Team manager), Jules Sylvain (featherweight, 9th...
History in Color: April 6, 1976, East Berlin, GDR – Outstanding Polish lightweight Zbigniew Kaczmarek sets a new snatch world record (139.5kg) in the 67.5kg class at the 1976 European Championships in East Berlin....
The History in Color series features lightweight Kazimierz Czarnecki training with Team Poland for the 1976 Summer Olympics. Kazimierz Czarnecki (born in 1948) was a distinguished Olympian and a world record holder of Team...
This time the History in Color series brings us to the old weightlifting gym in Detroit, Michigan. It is August 1966 now and it is a home place for Norbert Schemansky, a living legend...