Oleg Kechko
History in Color: Vice champion of Europe (1993), winner of the 1989 USSR Cup, USSR Champion in snatch, 1996 Olympian, Oleg Kechko of Minsk, Belarus competes in the 75kg weight class at the 1989...
History in Color: Vice champion of Europe (1993), winner of the 1989 USSR Cup, USSR Champion in snatch, 1996 Olympian, Oleg Kechko of Minsk, Belarus competes in the 75kg weight class at the 1989...
History in Color series a color version of the portrait of two remarkable personalities in the early history of Olympic weightlifting in the Soviet Union. Jan Sparre Sr. (left) and Alexander Bukharov were the...
History in Color: Legendary super heavyweight Anatoly Pisarenko and the head coach of Team Ukraine Yakov Krinitsky. Krinitsky was a personal coach of such distinguished champions as Vladimir Belyaev and Valery Kuznichenko (seen in...
History in Color: Young Georgian weightlifter Kakhi Kakhiashvili and his coach Ivan Grikurov during the training in Tskhinvali. In a years to come, both will become legends in Olympic weightlifting world. Kakhi Kakhiashvili won...
History in Color: The first Soviet world champion, weightlifter Grigory Novak is challenging local strongmen for a friendly armwrestling match during a cultural visit of the USSR delegation to Burma.
History in Color series features a cover photo of a superb Soviet and Armenian lightweight Israel Militosyan. Israel Militosyan (b. 1968) of Gyumri (Leninakan), Armenia is a 3x Olympian (1988, 1992, 1996), Olympic, World...
History in Color: Back in the 1970s, there was always something to talk about for Ivan Abadzhiev (Team Bulgaria, head coach) and Igor Kudyukov (Team USSR, head coach). Soviet Union and Bulgaria were big...
History in Color: Group shot Team USSR 1990 (head coach Vasily Alexeev) in the training camp in Feodosia: Front row: Alexander Popov, Valery Yurov, Albert Nasibullin, Amir Azizov, Mais Matevosyan, Aslanbek Еdiev, Mukhady Sedaev,...
History in Color: September 17, 1975, Moscow – Featherweight Georgi Todorov of Bulgaria wins his 2nd world title with a world record total of 285kg (125+160) at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow. Georgi...
October 19, 1946, Paris, France – Grigory Novak of Team CCCP Weightlifting wins the world title in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1946 World Championship in France and becomes the 1st ever Soviet...