Andon Nikolov
September 3, 1972, Munich, Germany – 21-year old Bulgarian middle heavyweight wins a gold medal in the 90kg class with 180+155+190=525OR at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
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Three Generations of Swedish Weightlifters
History in Color features a photo celebrating great Swedish weightlifters of three generations (left to right:) Bo Johansson (b. 1945), Arvid Andersson (1919-2011), Leif Nilsson (b. 1952)
Team USA in Egypt (1955)
History in Color: June 1955 – As part of a historical 1955 Team USA Weightlifting Tour to USSR, Egypt and Iran, American weightlifters competed in the weightlifting matches in Cairo and Alexandria (Egypt). The...
Nurikian (Bulgaria)
History in Color: Norair Nurikian (b. 1948) was a brilliant Bulgarian weightlifter. Ho competed in the bantamweight and featheweight classes and brought his country two gold medals from two Summer Olympics that he represented...
Pavel Pervushin
History in Color: April 28, 1973, Donetsk, Ukraine – Pavel Pervushin of the Army Club, Leningrad wins the 110kg weight class at the 1973 USSR Championships in Donetsk. Pavel Pervushin won the national title...
Soviet Weightlifters of the 1st Decade After the WWII
History in Color: Line-up of famous Soviet weightlifters of the first decades after the end of WWII (right to left): Nikolay Shatov, Yevgeny Lopatin, Roman Roman, Grigory Novak, X, Roman Moroz.
Bulgarian Weightlifters In Moscow (1958)
History in color features members of Team Bulgaria Weightlifting at the opening parade of the 1958 Moscow Cup in the USSR (left to right:) Ivan Abadzhiev, Lyuben Raychev The lightweight athlete on the left...
Igor Nikitin
History in Color: March 19, 1978, Moscow, Russia – Igor Nikitin of the Army Club, Khabarovsk, Russia wins with the world record of 390kg total (172.5 + 217.5) in the 100kg class at the 1978...
Pervy in Frunze (1982)
History in Color: March 5, 1982, Frunze, Kirgizia – Alexander Pervy of Donetsk, Ukraine competes in the snatch program of the 82.5kg class at the 1982 Friendship Cup in Frunze. A little later in...
Super Night For Yury Zakharevich
History in Color: May 22, 1982, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine – 19-year old Yury Zakharevich of Dimitrovgrad, Russia competes in the 100kg class at the 1982 USSR Championships in Dnepropetrovsk. Yury Zakharevich won his first USSR...
