Tagged: Poland

History in Color: October 15, 1968, Mexico City, Mexico – Legendary lightweight Waldemar Baszanowski of Team Poland clean-and-jerks 167.5kg and wins a gold medal in the 67.5kg class at the 1968 Summer Olympics in...

History in Color: September 15, 1970, Columbus, OH, USA – Legendary Polish lightweight, 35-year old Waldemar Baszanowski performs a split style clean in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1970 World Championships in Columbus....

History in Color: Stockholm, September 9, 1963 – The first Polish World Champion, Marian Zielinski performs a press lift in the lightweight class  on his way to his second World title  at the 1963...

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...