Yury Zaitsev (1951-2022)
September 30, 2022, Dnipro, Ukraine – Olympic champion, World champion and World records holder, legendary Yury Zaitsev passed away at 71. Yury Zaitsev was one of the strongest Soviet heavyweights (110kg) of the 1970s....
September 30, 2022, Dnipro, Ukraine – Olympic champion, World champion and World records holder, legendary Yury Zaitsev passed away at 71. Yury Zaitsev was one of the strongest Soviet heavyweights (110kg) of the 1970s....
September 25, 2022, Tbilisi, Georgia – Olympic champion Rafael Chimishkyan passed away at 93 in his home Republic of Georgia. Rafael Chimishkyan was a true champion and legend of Olympic weightlifting. He had a...
Legendary Olympic weightlifter Isaac “Ike” Berger died on Saturday, June 4, 2022. He was 85. Olympic champion and 2-time Olympic vice champion, 2-time World Champion and author of numerous World records, Isaac Berger is...
The news on TV said that the invaders captured the city of Kherson in the south of Ukraine. It’s less than 90 miles from the place that my family comes from. Total lunacy! I...
February 5, 2022 – Iconic athlete of the U.S. Olympic weightlifting of the late 1990s and 2000s U.S., Oscar Chaplin III of Savannah, GA died at 41. Oscar Chaplin III was a true American...
Minusinsk, Russia – Legendary Soviet Olympic weightlifter, Olympic champion, Viktor Mazin died at the age of 67. Viktor Mazin won the 1980 Summer Olympics in the featherweight class and, at 26, earned the highest...
Remembering Olympic weightlifting legends, athletes, coaches, administrators and many more, that we lost in 2021. In Memoriam 2021 Andreas BEHM, East Germany 1962 – 2021 Toivo KURG, Soviet Union 1946 – 2021 Jorgen Ludvig BARTH-JORGENSEN, Norway 1932...
November 27, 2021 – Sad news arrived from Ciechanów, Poland. Legendary coach Ivan Grikurov passed away at the Ciechanów Hospital. He was 70. Our condolences to his family and friends. Ivan Grikurov was a...
Remembering the Legends of the Golden Era of American weightlifting – Tommy Kono (1930-2016), Peter George (1929-2021), Stanley Stanczyk (1925-1997), Clyde Emrich (1931-2021), Norbert Schemansky (1924-2016), John Davis (1921-1984). History in Color: York, PA,...
Chicago, IL, USA – Legendary American Olympic weightlifter and football strength coach, Clyde Emrich dies at the age of 90. Clyde Emrich was a member of unforgettable U.S. Qlympic weightlifting team that was the...