The Last Chance of Rudolf Plukfelder
History in Color: October 15, 1964, Tokyo, Japan – 37-year old light heavyweight Rudolf Plukfelder of Team USSR competes in the press lifting in the 82.5kg class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo....
History in Color: October 15, 1964, Tokyo, Japan – 37-year old light heavyweight Rudolf Plukfelder of Team USSR competes in the press lifting in the 82.5kg class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo....
History in Color: August 28, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 21-year old light heavyweight Rumen Teodosiev of Burgas, Bulgaria competes in the 82.5kg class at the 1983 USSR Championships in Moscow, Russia. Rumen Teodosiev (b....
History in Color: October 10, 1955, Minich, Germany – Team USA Weightlifting gathered for a group shot after the end of the 1955 World Championships in Munich (left to right): Bob Hoffman (coach, manager),...
History in Color: August 10, 1948, London, UK – British bantamweight Julian Creus competes for the medals in the 56kg weight class at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. It was a debut of...
History in Color: March 16 1978, Moscow, Russia – Alberto Fernandez Blanco of Team Cuba performs a clean-and-jerk lift in the 100kg class at the 1978 Friendship Cup in Moscow. Alberto Fernandez Blanco (b....
History in Color: Candidates to the Team USSR Weightlifting are having a good time on the beach resort at the Black Sea in 1950: Left to right: Khaim Kanukashvili (Tbilisi, Georgia), Alexey Medvedev (Moscow,...
History in Color: Super stars of Team Hungary Weightlifting of the 1960s are enjoying a day off during a tournament in Moscow (left to right): Mihaly Huszka (67.5), Gyozo Veres (82.5kg), Imre Foldi (60kg), Andras...
History in Color: August 1, 1991, Donaueschingen, Germany – Ibragim Samadov of Team CCCP lifts 205kg in his last clean-and-jerk attempt and becomes a World champion in the 82.5kg class at the 1991 World...
History in Color: September 20, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Young light heavyweight star Trendafil Stoychev of Team Bulgaria goes for a 202.5kg clean-and-jerk in the 82.5kg class at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow....
History in Color: October 13, 1950, Paris, France – Head Coach of Team Egypt Mukhtar Khussein holds the winners of the featherweight competitions at the 1950 World Championships in Paris. Makhmoud Fayad of Egypt...