Almost Daily
August 21, 2022 – 10x U.S. national and a Wold champion, legendary lightweight Joe Pitman (1924-2018) would been 98 today. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Champion! History in Color: October 14, 1950, Paris, France – U.S....
History in Color: September 22, 1961, Vienna, Austria – Soviet light heavyweight Rudolf Plyukfelder wins a gold medal in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1961 World Championships in Vienna. “In team contest, the...
History in Color: March 19, 1965, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Belgian super heavyweight Serge Reding competes in the 90+kg class at the 1965 Prize of Moscow International tournament in Moscow. It was the first...
July 18, 2022 – 2x World Champion, 2x European Champion, USSR Champion and author of numerous World records, Sergey Arakelov turns 65. Happy Birthday, Champ!
Naim Suleymanogly used to be called by the World media as the “Pocket Hercules“. Adam Gnatov of Lvov, Ukraine was 20+ years older than Naim and competed in a lighter weight class. If I...
History in Color: One of the best Olympic weightlifters and overall athletes of Italy, Sebastiano Mannironi performs a snatch lift in a slick split style in 1960. Sebastiano Mannironi (1930-2015) was a definite elite...
History in Color: There is no need to introduce Olympic weightlifting legend, Olympic champion, 4x Olympian and 4x Olympic medalist, Norbert “Norb” Schemansky of Detroit, Michigan, USA. Besides his long and outstanding career in...
It’s hot in Florida. The forecast for today says 101° F! Stay cool and alert. The History in Color: cover photo depicts two remarkable athletes of the old-time weightlifting classics, Vladimir Pushkarev (USSR) and...
History in Color: May 26, 1985, Katowice, Poland – 29-year old Soviet super heavyweight Leonid Taranenko of Minsk, Belarus, USSR performs a clean-and-jerk lift in the 110+kg weight class at the 59th European Championships...
Can Turtles be Romantic? Absolutely! For 15 minutes that I was doing my little photo session, no part of this fella’s body moved. Really enjoying the sun, huh?
Karl Swoboda (Austria): Strong in the 1900s
November 30, 2022
October 13, 2022
William “Bill” March (1937-2022)
October 11, 2022
May 2, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
May 12, 2015
September 28, 2015
May 1, 2016
May 1, 2017
