Anatoly Pisarenko (USSR)
History in Color: One of the most memorable super heavyweights in the history of Olympic weightlifting, Anatoly Pisarenko of Team USSR competes in the early 1980. Pisarenko had all of it in him –...
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Legendary Yanko Rusev Turns 60
December 1, 2018 – One of all-time best Olympic weightlifters, legendary Yanko Rusev of Bulgaria celebrates his 60th Birthtday! Congrats to the Champion! Yanko Rusev (born 1958) was a 5x World champion, an Olympic...
Vladimir Ryzhenkov (USSR): 1971 Spartakiade in Moscow
History in Color: July 21, 1971, Moscow, Russia –23-year old light heavyweight Vladimir Ryzhenkov of the Dynamo Mocow club is competing in the 82.5kg classat the 1971 USSR Championships and Spartakiade at the...
Paul Anderson (USA): Showcase at the Madison Square Garden (1955)
History in Color: December 1955, New York City, NY, USA – The strongest man in the world of the 1950s, U.S. heavyweight Paul Anderson is in the spotlight during the U.S. fundraiser for the...
Karoly Bakos (Hungary): 1st World Record at 19
History in Color: February 28, 1963, Budapest, Hungary – 19-year student and junior middleweight Karoly Bakos of Budapest, Hungary sets a new junior world record (120.5kg snatch) in the 75kg class. This was the...
Team USA: On the Way To Berlin (1936)
History in Color: July 1936 – U.S. weightlifters, coaches and administrators are about ready to travel to Europe for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin (left to right): Front row: Mark Berry (Head Coach),...
Joe Di Pietro (USA): World Title and Records in Philadelphia
History in Color: September 26, 1947, Philadelphia, PA, USA – 33-year old bantamweight Joe Di Pietro of Paterson, NJ, USA wins the World title and sets new world records in press (102.5kg), snatch (87.5kg)...
Victor Mosibit (USSR): Spartakiade in 1983
History in Color: August 1, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 23-year old super heavyweight Victor Mosibit competes for Team Uzbekistan in the 110+kg weight class at the 1983 USSR Championships and 1983 USSR Spartakiade held...
1981 Team USSR Weightlifting: Ready For Lille, France
History in Color: September 1981, Moscow, Russia – Team USSR Weightlifting is ready to depart for the 1981 World Championships in Lille, France (left to right): Semyon Itkin (coach), Oleg Pisarevsky (coach), Yury Zakharevich...
Anton Baraniak (Czechoslovakia) Wins Silver in Moscow
History in Color: July 18, 1986, Moscow, Russia – 35-year old heavyweight Anton Baraniak of Team Czechoslovakia wins a silver medal with a 407.5kg (182.5+225) total in the 110kg class at the 1986 Good...
