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History in Color: Brilliant flyweight of the 1970s, 35-year old Olympic champion Zygmunt Smalcerz of Team Poland competes at a local meet while preparing for his second Olympics in 1976. Zygmunt Smalcerz (b. 1941)...
History in Color: May 18, 1949, Voronezh, Russia –Weightlifting Team Moscow wins the top national award for the 1st place in the teams’ competition at the 1949 USSR Championships on the stage of Music...
History in Color: November 26, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – The strongest man in the world of the 1950s, heavyweight Paul Anderson of Team USA is on his way to the gold Olympic medal in...
When you work on old weightlifting pictures, at certain point, it becomes like a game. Have I been here before? Have I seen this photo before? Have I done this photo already in the...
History in Color: October 7, 1954, Vienna, Austria – Soviet bantamweight Bakir Farkhutdinov of Moscow, Russia wins the World title in the 56kg weight class at the 1954 World Championships in Vienna. Bakir Farkhutdinov...
History in Color: November 12, 1957, Tehran, Iran – Heavyweight champions receive medals for the 90+kg weight class competition of the 1957 World Championships in Teheran: Left to right: Humberto Selvetti (Argentina, silver medal),...
History in Color: May 12, 1958, Chicago, IL – Legendary Tommy Kono competes for the U.S. team in the 75kg class in the first match of the 1958 USA vs USSR Olympic weightlifting series...
History in Color: October 11, 1964, Tokyo, Japan – 29-year old Soviet bantamweight Alexey Vakhonin of Shakhty, Russia wins the gold in the 56kg class at opening night of the weightlifting tournament of the...
History in Color: July 21, 1948, Southampton, UK – Members of the U.S. Olympic weightlifting team, bantamweight Joe Di Pietro of New Jersey and heavyweight John Davis of New York City are enjoying the...
History in Color: July 18, 1976, Montreal, Canada – 25-year old Soviet flyweight Alexander Voronin of Kemerovo, Russia prepares for lifting in the 52kg weight class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Alexander...
Team Moscow Champs in Voronezh (1949)
20 Mar, 2019
Paul Anderson (USA): Melbourne, 1956
20 Mar, 2019
Casually Fabulous Norb Schemansky
20 Mar, 2019
Bakir Farkhutdinov (USSR, Russia)
19 Mar, 2019
2 May, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
28 Sep, 2015
1 May, 2016
1 May, 2017
