Tagged: Poland

History in Color: Henryk Trebicki (1940-1996) was one of the best bantamweights in the history of Polish Olympic weightlifting. He represented Poland at 3 Summer Olympics – in 1964, 1968 and 1952.  In 1964...

History in Color: Klemens Roguski (1926-2002) and Augustyn Dziedzic (1928-2008) was a fantastic team of Polish coaches that worked with the national team of Poland for over 20 years and managed to bring Polish...

History in Color: Waldemar Baszanowski (1935-2011) was a legendary lifter from Poland. He is one of the greatest weightlifters of all time and nations. As a member of Polish national team, he took part...

History in Color: April 6, 1976, East Berlin, GDR – Outstanding Polish lightweight Zbigniew Kaczmarek sets a new snatch world record (139.5kg) in the 67.5kg class at the 1976 European Championships in East Berlin....

The History in Color series features lightweight Kazimierz Czarnecki training with Team Poland for the 1976 Summer Olympics. Kazimierz Czarnecki (born in 1948) was a distinguished Olympian and a world record holder of Team...

History in Color: Jan Wojnowski (1946-1990) was a 2x Olympian of Team Poland. He represented Poland in the featherweight at Summer Olympics in Mexico City (1968) and Munich (1972). He took the 4th place...

History in Color: Mieczyslaw Nowak (1936-2006) was a distinguished Polish featherweight and one of the top contenders for winning major tournaments in the world in the 1960s. Nowak was a 3x Olympian and represented...

History in Color: September 20, 1969, Warsaw, Poland –Legendary flyweight Zygmunt Smalcerz of Team Poland competes in the Olympic in the 52kg weight class press during his debut with the national weightlifting team at...

History in Color: September 15, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Legendary flyweight, Olympic champion Zygmunt Smalcerz of Team Poland prepares for the snatch lift in the 52kg class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow....