History of Olympic Weightlifting
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This section of the site presents selected articles, interviews, presentations and research studies related to various aspects Olympic Weightlifting.
2023
Coaches
and Athletes: Plukfelder and Rigert,
Norb Schemansky (USA) Lifts the Apollon Wheels,
Yurik Vardanyan: A Starry Night
in Dnepropetrovsk (1982),
Happy
Birthday to Robert Kabbas of Australia!,
Grand
Finale in Paris (1946),
Ivan
Abadzhiev: Competing For Bulgaria in Stockholm,
U.S.A.
vs Germany: A Friendly Match in Europe,
David
Rigert: Signature Appearance Preparing For a Big Lift,
Mladen Kuchev (Bulgaria) and His
Eternal World Record in Press,
Lee James (1953-2023),
Candidates
to 1982 Team CCCP in Podolsk,
Ireneusz Palinski (Poland) Wins
the Middle Heavyweight Class in Paris,
Club
500: Vladimir Golovanov (USSR),
John
Terry (USA): The First Black American Weightlifter to Represent the U.S. at the Summer Olympics,
Olympics, Weightlifting and Stamps: Tribute from the Maldives,
Remembering Petr Pavlasek (1947-2023),
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