Kutsenko in Paris
History in Color: October 15, 1950, Paris, France – 35-year old heavyweight of Team CCCP Weightlifting, Yakov Kutsenko has been called to the competition platform for his next lift at the 1950 World Championships...
History in Color: October 15, 1950, Paris, France – 35-year old heavyweight of Team CCCP Weightlifting, Yakov Kutsenko has been called to the competition platform for his next lift at the 1950 World Championships...
History in Color: March 16, 1978, Moscow, Russia – Brilliant flyweight of the 1970s, Gyorgy Koszegi of Hungary competed in the 52kg class at the 1978 Friendship Cup in Moscow. Gyorgy Koszegi (1950-2001) was...
History in Color: August 14, 1991, Donetsk, Ukraine – Ibragim Samadov of Team Russia competes in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1991 USSR Championships in Donetsk. The tournament in Donetsk was the last...
History in Color: Aslanbek Yenaldiev (1948-2015) was one of the strongest Soviet super heavyweights of the 1970s. Aslanbek Yenaldiev competed in the 110kg+ class for the Spartak Club of Ordzhanikidze. On the national level,...
History in Color: September 20, 1970, Columbus, OH, USA – Super heavyweight Kalevi Lahdenranta of Finland competes for the World title in the 110+kg class at the 1970 World Championships in Columbus. Kalevi Lahdenranta...
History in Color: September 3, 1972, Munich, Germany – The medal ceremony is about to begin for the winners in the 90kg class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (left to right): Atanas...
History in Color: Valery Ustyuzhin (1945-2001) was a very strong heavyweight athlete of the 1970s. Ustyuzhin competed for the Dynamo Club of Rovno, Ukraine. His forte was his clean-and-jerk lift. In 1973, 28-year old...
History in Color: September 22, 1975, Moscow, Russia – 19-year old Bulgarian junior heavyweight Valentin Khristov competes with a happy smile at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. Valentin Khristov was simply amazing. He...
History in Color: Rickard Nilssen and his trainer Lennart Dahlgren (both competed for Team Sweden Weightlifting.)
Legends of Swedish Olympic weightlifting are being features on the History in Color cover (left to right): Arvid Andersson (1919-2011), Lage Andersson (1920-2011) and Lennart Englund . More at Lift Up