Pavel Khek (Czechoslovakia)
History in Color: The cover photo features one of the best Czech heavyweights of the early 1980s, Pavel Khek performing a clean-and-jerk lift at the earlier stage of his career. Pavel Khek (born in...
History in Color: The cover photo features one of the best Czech heavyweights of the early 1980s, Pavel Khek performing a clean-and-jerk lift at the earlier stage of his career. Pavel Khek (born in...
History in Color: Krivoy Rog, Ukraine, 1980s – Grigory Krivonos oversees the training of his student, World and European champion, 2x USSR champion Valery Krabvchuk in their gym in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine.
History in Color: August 11, 1948, London, England – Swedish light heavyweight Gosta Magnusson performs a snatch lift in the 82.5kg class at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. A year before in Helsinki,...
History in Color: September 14, 1970, Columbus, OH, USA – 26-year old featherweight Janos Benedek of Team Hungary competes in the Olympic press program in the 60kg class at the 1970 World Championships in...
History in Color: December 1984, Yerevan, Armenia – 16-year old winner of the 1984 USSR Cup in the featherweight, Israel Militosyan is being trained by his uncle and coach, Olympic vice champion Vartan Militosyan...
On February 15, 2019, great champion Joe Dube (USA) turned 75!!! Joe Dube is a World Champion (1969), bronze medalist of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and a champion of the 1967...
History in Color: Darkov, Czechoslovakia, 1970 – Members of Team Czechoslovakia weightlifting are enjoying a free minute outdoors in the park after visiting a famous spa place in Darkov (left to right): Petr Pavlásek,...
History in Color: March 19, 1973, Tashkent, Uzbekistan – One of the most talented heavyweights of the early 1970s, Pavel Pervushin of Leningrad, Russia sets a new clean-and-jerk world record in the 110kg weight...
History in Color: May 11, 1951, Vienna, Austria – Soviet middleweight Vladimir Pushkarev of Moscow, Russia competes for the national Team USSR in the 75kg class in the Austria vs. Soviet Union weightlifting match...
History in Color: October 26, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 21-year old middleweight Zdravko Stoichkov of Team Bulgaria performs a snatch lift in the 75kg class at the 1983 World Championships in the Izmaylovo Weightlifting...