Tagged: Photography
Meet the Press: Feodosia, circ. 1978
History in Color: Feodosia, USSR, circ. 1978 – Soviet weightlifting champions at the meeting in the training camp in Feodosia (left to right): Igor Kudyukov (Team USSR head coach), Alexander Voronin (52kg, Kemerovo, Russia),...
Ota Zaremba (Czechoslovakia): Leningrad, 1979
History in Color: August 1, 1979, Leningrad, Russia, USSR – 22-year old Ota Zaremba of Team Czechoslovakia competes in the 100kg weight class at the 1979 USSR Spartakiade and 1979 USSR Championships in Leningrad....
Club 500: George Dyachenko (Ukraine, USSR)
History in Color: July 19, 1964, Kiev, Ukraine, USSR – 25-year old super heavyweight George Dyachenko of Lugansk (Voroshilovgrad), Ukraine, competes in the 102.5+kg class at the 1964 USSR Championships in Kiev. George Dyachenko...
Club 500: Alexander Dzhedzhelava (Georgia, USSR)
History in Color: December 22, 1968, Alma Ata, Kazakhstan, USSR – World record holder and outstanding heavyweight contender, Alexander Dzhedzhelava of Tbilisi, Georgia, competes in the 110kg class at the 1968 USSR Team Championships...
17-year Old Antonio Krastev (Bulgaria) Sets a New Junior World Record in Debrecen
History in Color: June 3, 1979, Debrecen, Hungary – 17-year old super heavyweight Antonio Krastev of Haskovo, Bulgaria sets a new junior world record in clean-and-jerk (212.5kg) in the 110+kg weight class at the...
Vyacheslav Klokov (Russia, USSR) Wins the Snatch Competition (Moscow, 1983)
History in Color: July 31, 1983, Moscow, Russia, USSR – 24 year-old heavyweight Vyacheslav Klokov snatches 190kg in the 3rd attempt while competing in the 110kg weight class at the 1983 USSR Spartakiade and...
