Where Were You On July 25, 1976?
History in Color: July 25, 1976, Montreal, Canada – 22-year old middle heavyweight Lee James of Team USA wins a silver Olympic medal in the 90kg class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
Tagged: Photography
Everybody Loves the York Barbell
The History in Color features a group shot of the strongest heavyweights of the late 1960s – early 1970s gathered in one room during the 1970 World Championships in Columbus, Ohio, USA (left to...
Dave Sheppard (1953)
The cover photo from the History in Color series features one of the finest athletes of the Golden Age of the U.S. Olympic weightlifting Dave Sheppard (1931-2000) performing a clean-and-jerk lift in 1953. David...
Waldemar Baszanowski (Poland) Would Have Been 83 Today
Legendary Waldemar Baszanowski (1935-2011) of Poland would have turned 83 today. On the History in Color cover photo, Baszanowski performs his classic split style clean at the competition in Sweden. Happy Birthday to unforgettable...
Yurik Sarkisyan (USSR/Armenia/Australia)
Happy Birthday to Legendary Armenian weightlifter Yurik Sarkisyan! On the History in Color photo, Yurik Sarkisyan of Echmiadzin, Armenia competes in the snatch program of the 1989 Frienship Cup in Tallinn, Estonia. Yurik Sarkisyan...
Bantamweight Karel Prohl (Czechoslovakia) Goes For 145kg (1975)
History in Color: September 16, 1975, Moscow, Russia – In his second attempt, bantamweight Karel Prohl of Team Czechoslovakia goes for a 145kg clean-and-jerk lift in the 56kg class at the 1975 World Championships...
Best In the Middle Heavyweight (USSR, 1971)
History in Color: July 13, 1971, Moscow, Russia – The winners of the 90kg class receive medals at the 1971 USSR Championships and the 5th USSR Spartakiade in Moscow (left to right): David Rigert...
Stanley Stanczyk: Golden Age Classics of American Weightlifting (1947)
History in Color: September 26, 1947, Philadelphia, PA, USA – 22-year old Stanley Stanczyk of the York Barbell Club, USA wins the World title in the 75kg class at the 1947 World Championships in...
Ivan Ivanov (Bulgaria)
History in Color: May 25, 1989, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA – 18-year old flyweight Ivan Ivanov of Shumen, Bulgaria wins the 52kg class with 250kg total (107.5+142.5) at the 1989 World Junior Championships in...
Coaches and Athletes: Augustyn Dziedzic and Zygmunt Smalcerz (Poland)
The History in Color presents one of the classics of weightlifting coach-and-athlete duos – Zygmunt Smalcerz and Augustyn Dziedzic of Poland. Augustyn Dziedzic (1928-2008) was one of all-time best personal trainers in the history...
