Ravil Khabutdinov (USSR)
Lift Up: History in Color December 15, 2018 – Vice champion of the 1956 Summer Olympics, Ravil Khabutdinov would have celebrated his 90th Birthday. Ravil Khabutdinov (1928-1997) was one of the top guns in...
Lift Up: History in Color December 15, 2018 – Vice champion of the 1956 Summer Olympics, Ravil Khabutdinov would have celebrated his 90th Birthday. Ravil Khabutdinov (1928-1997) was one of the top guns in...
History in Color: July 13, 1972, Riga, Latvia – Soviet middle heavyweight David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia presses a 198kg world record in the 90kg class at the 1972 Baltic Cup in Riga. David...
History in Color: September 17, 1970, Columbus, Ohio, USA – Soviet light heavyweight Gennady Ivanchenko of Riga, Latvia wins the World title in the 82.5 kg at the 1970 World Championships in Columbus. Ivanchenko...
The Lift Up: History in Color series continues… April 9, 1965, Budapest, Hungary – legendary Imre Foldi of Team Hungary celebrates a new featherweight world record in press at the 5th Danube Cup in...
Note: December 8, 2018 – Olympic vice champion Nail Mukhamedyarov turns 56. Congrats and best wishes to the Champ! History in Color: July 6, 1989, Frunze, Kyrgyzstan – Olympic vice champion Nail Mukhamedyarov of...
History in Color: Havana, Cuba, 1984 –10x Cuban national champion, middle heavyweight of Team Cuba, Ciro Ibanez competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1984 Manuel Suares tournament in Havana. Ciro Ibanez (born...
History in Color: August 12, 1991, Donetsk, Ukraine – 22-year old bamtamweight Albert Nasibulin of the Dynamo Kharkov, Ukraine team competes in the 56kg weight class at the 1991 USSR Championships in Donetsk. A...
History in Color: March 16, 1978, Moscow, Russia – Ricardo Villalobo, lightweight of Team Cuba, performs a clean-and-jerk lift in the 67.5kg class at the 1978 Friendship Cup in Moscow. Mario Ricardo Villalobo (b....
History in Color: March 16, 1978, Moscow, Russia – Flyweight Francisco Casamayor of Team Cuba competes in the 52kg class at the 1978 Friendship Cup in Moscow. The author of the original black-and-white photo...
History in Color: August 1, 1979, Leningrad, Russia – Guy Carlton of Decatur, IL, USA competes in the 100kg class at the 1979 USSR Spatrakiade and USSR Championships in Leningrad. Guy Carlton (1954-2001) was...