Legend of the Middleweight
On the History in Color photo, Alexander Kurynov competes in the 75kg weight class at the Moscow Cup International in 1962. Alexander Kurynov (1934-1973) was a true legend of Soviet and world Olympic weightlifting....
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Hans Zdrazila
On the cover photo from the History In Color series, Hans Zdrazila of Team Czecholsovakia competes at the 1964 European Championship in Moscow, Russia. One of the strongest middleweights in the world of the...
Pavel Kuznetsov
Pavel Kuznetsov of Vladimir, Russia completes the clean-and jerk lift on his way to his first Wold title. The action takes place at the 1983 World championship in Moscow, Russia. Pavel Kuznetsov won the...
Team Europe 1975
The group shot of Team Europe 1975 on the cover was taken at the match between the Continental Europe vs. Americas in December 1975 in Montreal, Canada. Front row (left to right): Igor Kudyukov...
Vladimir Kaplunov (USSR)
Vladimir Kaplunov (1933-2015) was one of the best lightweight Olympic lifters in the world in the first half of the 1960s. He won the World Championship in 1962, European Championship in 1964, USSR Championships...
Dave Ashman (USA), the First To Clean-and-jerk 200 Kilos
Dave Ashman of Team USA Weightlifting was the first Olympic weightlifter who managed to clean-and-jerk 200kg. The cover photo from the History in Color series, depicts this historical moment, when Ashman cj’d 2o1 kg...
Rookie Lifter To Remember (1959)
This is a rising Soviet light heavyweight (82.5kg) star Rudolph Plyukfelder competing at his first World championship in Warsaw in 1959. Plyukfelder totaled 457.5kg (145+140+172.5) and won the World title. More History in Color Series...
Valery Shary in 1973
Olympic champion (1976), Valery Shary performs a snatch lift at the 1973 national championship in Donetsk. It was a difficult period in his career. He just bombed out at the 1972 Summer Olympics and...
Joe Di Pietro
The cover photo from the History in Color series features American bantamweight Joseph Di Pietro (1914-1999) competing at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. At the time, Di Pietro was 34. At the size...
