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History in Color: July 29, 1979, Leningrad, Russia – Vice champion of the 1976 Olympics, 29-year-old middleweight Vartan Militosyan of Leninakan (Gyumri), Armenia competes for Team Armenia in the 75kg weight class at the...
History in Color: October 14, 1968, Mexico City, Mexico – The Miyake brothers, Japanese featherweights, 29-year old Yoshinobu (right) and 23-year old Yoshiyuke, celebrate an Olympic medals’ harvest at the 1968 Summer Olympics in...
May 30, 2019 – Happy 95th Birthday to Norbert Schemansky (USA, 1924-2016)!
The History in Color presents a color enhanced portrait photo of El Sayed Nosseir of Egypt made during the Festival of World Press at the Berlin Sports Palace in 1935. El Sayed Nosseir (1905-1977) was...
History in Color: July 29, 1961, London, United Kingdom – Heavyweight champions receive awards of the British Amateur Weight Lifters’ Association (BAWLA) invitational tournament at the Scala Theater in London (left to right): Eino...
History in Color: October 29, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 32-year old Rolf Milser of West Germany wins a silver medal in the 100kg weight class at the 1983 World Championships in Moscow. At the...
The History in Color series featured several group photos of the Soviet Olympic weightlifters in the training camps of the national Team USSR. This time, we present a cover photo of three strong prospects...
History in Color: September 25, 1971, Lima, Peru – The winners of the press lift in the 110kg class receive their medals at the 1971 World Championship in Lima (left to right): Alexander Kraychev...
History in Color: March 19, 1978, Moscow, Russia – Olympic vice champion Lee James of the United States competes in the 90kg class at the 1978 Friendship Cup in Moscow. It was one of...
History in Color: September 20, 1975, Moscow, Russia – 24-year old Peter Baczako of Hungary snatches 157.5kg in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. Peter Baczako won the 5th...
USSR Cup: Medalists in the 100kg Class (1976)
23 Jun, 2019
Viktor Shishov (Ukraine, USSR)
22 Jun, 2019
Peter George (USA): Copenhagen, 1954
18 Jun, 2019
Light Heavyweight Olympic Medalists (1952)
18 Jun, 2019
2 May, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
28 Sep, 2015
1 May, 2016
1 May, 2017
