Russ Knipp (USA)
History in Color: 2x U.S. Olympian and an outstanding presser, Russ Knipp (1942-2006) of Pittsburgh, PA was a popular Olympic weightlifter among the athletes and the Iron Game followers. Nick-named as “the knipper”, “the...
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Pete George Wins the Snatch Competition
History in Color: October 14, 1950 – Peter George of Team USA snatches the top result (125kg) for the middleweights at the 1950 World Championship in Paris, France. Peter won both the snatch and clean-and-jerk...
Totally Insane
This is a computer game ad that I saw on one of the Russian social networks. I’ve reducted the name of the company and the URL – not to create any additional advertising to...
Photo Report: Tokyo International (1979)
Here goes a quick photo report on the 1979 Tokyo International weightlifting tournament that was held on December 1, 1979 in Japan. Original photo source is available here. About the Tournament It was an...
Urrutia
History in Color: July 21, 1976, Montreal, Canada – The first world champion and the first world record holder of Cuba, Roberto “Tony” Urrutia competes for Team Cuba in the 67.5kg class at the...
Legendary John Davis in Paris
History in Color: October 15, 1950 – Legendary American heavyweight, 2x Olympic Champion John Davis competes at the 1950 World Championship in Paris, France. John Davis (1921-1984) definitely deserves much more than a brief...
Bob Hoffman and Joe Di Pietro. Quiz On History.
History in Color: American weightlifting greats Bob Hoffman and Joe Di Pietro are having fun and enjoying a nice weather day on the ship making their way to the championship in Europe in the...
Heavy Back Squats at the Muscle Beach
History in Color: World records holder, Pan-Am Games champ and World vice-champ, super heavyweight Dave Ashman of Team USA Weightlifting steals the crowd’s attention with his heavy back squats at the Muscle Beach, California...
Stanley Stanczyk Wins the Gold For the USA (1948)
History in Color: August 11, 1948, London, Great Britain – 23-year old light heavyweight Stanley Stanzyk of Team U.S.A. wins the gold medal at the first post World War II Olympic Games in London....
