David Rigert: World Record in New Zealand (1975)
History in Color: January 25, 1975, Christchurch, New Zealand – Weightlifting legend David Rigert of Team CCCP is getting ready to go for a world record in the snatch lift at the 1975 New...
History in Color: January 25, 1975, Christchurch, New Zealand – Weightlifting legend David Rigert of Team CCCP is getting ready to go for a world record in the snatch lift at the 1975 New...
History in Color presents a “color view” of legendary Kenneth “Ken” Patera of Team USA Weightlifting. Ken Patera (b. 1943) is a true legend of strength – not only in Olympic weightlifting but in...
The History in Color cover photo brings back a “look in color” on the Golden Age of American Olympic Weightlifting. This is a photo of legendary Norbert “Norb” Schemansky taken during the 1952 Summer...
History in Color: September 20, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Bulgarian light heavyweight Trendafil Stoichev goes for his first attempt in the first lift at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow.
History in Color: September 23, 1969, Warsaw, Poland – 22-year old super heavyweight Petr Pavlasek of Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslvakia competes at the 1969 World Championships in Warsaw. At the 147kg bodyweight, young Pavlasek took...
The History in Color features a color version of the photo with Olympic champion George Asanidze at the early stage of his career in Olympic weightlifting. George Asanidze (b. 1975) competed for his native...
History in Color: June 17, 1978, Havirov, Czechoslovakia – 1976 Summer Olympics Champion, legendary David Rigert of Team CCCP wins the gold medal in the 9okg class at the 1978 European Championships in Havirov....
History in Color: May 1958, Chicago IL – One of the best bantamweight athletes in the world, Chuck Vinci competes for Team USA at the 1958 USA vs. USSR weightlifting series in Chicago.
History in Color: November 23, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – Charles Vinci, of York, Pennsylvania displays his Olympic Gold medal after winning the bantamweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. That was the...
History in Color: November 23, 1956, Melbourn, Australia – Bantamweight Chuck Vinci of Team USA is being surrounded by the support team during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne (left to right:) Peter George...