Zhenia Sarandaliev (Bulgaria)
History in Color: March 18, 1981, Lvov, Ukraine – 20-year old flyweight Zhenia Sarandaliev of Plovdiv, Bulgaria sets a new junior World record in clean-and-jerk (138kg) in the 52kg class at the 1981 Friendship...
History in Color: March 18, 1981, Lvov, Ukraine – 20-year old flyweight Zhenia Sarandaliev of Plovdiv, Bulgaria sets a new junior World record in clean-and-jerk (138kg) in the 52kg class at the 1981 Friendship...
History in Color: October 21, 1966, Berlin, Germany – Legendary Soviet super heavyweight Leonid Zhabotinsky of Zaporozhye, Ukraine wins a gold medal in the 90+kg class at the 1966 World Championships in East Berlin...
History in Color: October 14, 1955, Munich, Germany – 24-year old Nikolay Kostylev wins the 67.5kg class with a new world record in total (112.5+125+145= 382.5kg)at the 1955 World Championships in Munich. Nikolay Kostylev...
History in Color: April 14, 1972, Tallinn, Estonia – Legendary Soviet heavyweight Jaan Talts of Tallinn, Estonia wins his 3rd gold medal at the 1972 USSR Championships in Tallinn. Jaan Talts’ final total was...
History in Color: September 19, 1977, Stuttgart, Germany – 19-year old rookie featherweight Yanko Rusev of Team Bulgaria clean-and-jerks a world record 165kg in the 4th attempt after winning a silver medal in the...
History in Color: October 10, 1954, Vienna, Austria – Norbert Schemansky of Detroit, USA wins the World title in the 90+kg weight class at the 1954 World Championships. Norbert Schemansky was 30 at the...
History in Color: September 22, 1975, Moscow, Russia – 19-year old Bulgarian junior heavyweight Valentin Khristov competes with a happy smile at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. Valentin Khristov was simply amazing. He...
History in Color: May 22, 1982, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine – 19-year old Yury Zakharevich of Dimitrovgrad, Russia competes in the 100kg class at the 1982 USSR Championships in Dnepropetrovsk. Yury Zakharevich won his first USSR...
History in Color: January 25, 1975, Christchurch, New Zealand – Weightlifting legend David Rigert of Team CCCP is getting ready to go for a world record in the snatch lift at the 1975 New...
History in Color: September 19, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Nedelcho Kolev of Team Bulgaria sets a new world record in snatch (153kg) in the 75kg class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. Nedelcho...