They Were the First Ones
History in Color: 7x USSR Champion Mitrofan Kosarev (1911-2005) and 11x USSR Champion Nikolay Shatov. They were the great pioneers of the Soviet Olympic weightlifting in the 1930s and 1940s. The original b/w photo...
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Nassiri
One of all-time greatest Olympic weightlifters in the history of this sport, Mohammad Nassiri of Iran performs a snatch lift. Mohammad Nassiri competed at 4 Summer Olympics (1964, 1968, 1972, 1976). He won gold...
Eduard Brovko
History in Color: Eduard Brovko (1936-1998) competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1963 World Championship in Stockholm. World class weightlifter Eduard Brovko became an outstanding coach after ending his career as an...
Team USA Weightlifting in Basel (1953)
History in Color: Members of Team USA 1953 at the tournament in Basel, Switzerland. Left to right: Jim Bradford, Tommy Kono, Clyde Emrich, Norbert Schemansky, Dave Sheppard. Special thanks for the original b/w photo...
Peter Baczako
History in Color: Olympic champion Peter Baczako (Hungary, 1951-2008) performs the snatch lift at the 1979 Panononia Cup.
Rudolf Plyukfelder (Viena, 1961)
History in Color: Portrait of legendary athlete and coach Rudolf Plyukfelder (USSR). The original b/w photo was made during the 1961 World Championshio in Viena (Austria). Special thanks for the original b/w photo sent...
Mosibit
History in Color: World record holder Victor Mosibit (1960-1998) competed for Uzbekistan at the 1983 USSR Spartakiade in the Izmailovo Arena (Moscow). Original b/w photo by Gogi Gurgenyan. Color by Arthur Chidlovski
Arakelov
History in Color: Segey Arakelov of “Spartak” Krasnodar, Russia competes at the 1978 USSR Championship in Kiev, Ukraine. Arakelov won the title in the 100 kg class with the 392.5 kg total (172.5 + 220).
