Schemansky Goes For Another Record
History in Color: Norbert Schemansky just became an Olympic champion in the 90kg class and set a new world record in clean-and-jerk (177.5kg). Now, he goes for another world record in his 4th attempt.
Tagged: World Record
Bonk
History in Color Series: March 11, 1976: Gerd Bonk of Team DDR lifts 252.5kg and sets a new world record in clean-and-jerk in Berlin. He added 5kg to the previous record held by Vasily...
World Record in Rome
History in Color series: Yury Vlasov lifts 202.5kg in the clean-and-jerk and sets the new world record at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. This was the grand finale of the weightlifting program of...
Valery Shary: Going For the World Record
History in Color: Soviet light heavyweight Valery Shary goes for the world record in the clean-and-jerk at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow. He just secured a gold medal in the 82.5kg class with...
Vyacheslav Andreev: World Record in 1979
History in Color: March 22, 1979, Leningrad, Russia, USSR – Lightweight Vyacheslav Andreev of Kokchetav, Kazakhstan, is setting a new clean-and-jerk world record (181kg) in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1979 Friendship Cup...
The Night of Three World Records by Yurik Vardanyan
The History in Color series: May 15, 1981, Novosibirsk, Russia – Yurik Vardanyan of Leninakan, Armenia competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1981 USSR Championship in Novosibirsk. Vardanyan managed to win the...
New WR: 217 Kilos Snatch
At the 2017 European championship in Split, Croatia, Lasha Talakhadze, super heavyweight from Georgia, just set up a new world record in the snatch lift (217kg!!!!) Looks too easy and effortless for a world...
From Here To Eternity
The History in Color series continues with a historical photo depicting Yury Vlasov breaking world record in the press lift in 1962 in Moscow. It was the first press world record set by Vlasov....
Dave Ashman (USA), the First To Clean-and-jerk 200 Kilos
Dave Ashman of Team USA Weightlifting was the first Olympic weightlifter who managed to clean-and-jerk 200kg. The cover photo from the History in Color series, depicts this historical moment, when Ashman cj’d 2o1 kg...
Imre Foldi
One of the best Olympic weightlifters of all times, Imre Foldi was the first Hungarian to win the Olympics in this sport. Despite of a physical disability, Imre Foldi competed at five Summer Olympics...
