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History in Color: September 13, 1949, Paris, France– Olympic champion, bantamweight Joe Di Pietro of the US weightlifting team performs a press lift at the Elysee Montmartre in Paris. After the end of the...
The time has come,’ the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of cabbages — and kings — Lewis Carroll, The Walrus and the Carpenter...
History in Color: Christchurch, New Zealand, January 1975 – Weightlifting legend David Rigert is performing a narrow grip snatch in a training session before competing at the 1975 New Zealand Games. David Rigert was...
History in color: Tallinn, Estonia, USSR, 1957 – 4x Olympian, European champion Eino Makinen of Tampere, Finland competes a 170kg clean-and-jerk in the 90+kg weight class in the weightlifting match between Finland and Estonia...
History in Color : June 28, 1952, NYC, New York – 28-year old mid heavyweight Norbert Schemansky of Detroit, Michigan, USA performs a press lift on his way to the win the 1st place...
History in Color: September 8, 1960, Rome, Italy – World champion Marian Zielinski, lightweight of Team Poland, performs a clean-and-jerk opener with 150kg in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1960 Summer Olympics in...
History in Color: London, Great Britain, November 1974 – Legendary Soviet super heavyweight Vasily Alexeev is being caught on camera while showing a prospective of power and strength in front of the Tower Bridge...
The History in Color cover shows our version of the famous vintage postcard with a black-and-white portrait of Charles Rigoulot when he won the gold medal in the 82.5kg class at the 1924 Summer...
The History in Color cover photo is based on the black-and-white portrait of legendary El Sayed Nosseir made in 1928 when he won a gold Olympic medal in Amsterdam. El Sayed Nosseir (1905-1977) was...
History in Color: July 21, 1971, Moscow, Russia – The first light heavyweight in the club 500, World Champion, Gennady Ivanchenko of Riga, Latvia is pressing heavy on his way to a gold medal...
History in Color: October 3, 1947, Helsinki, Finland – Soviet heavyweight Nikolay Laputin performs a snatch lift in the 82.5+kg weight class at the 1947 European Championships in Helsinki. It was the first European...
History in Color: March 17, 1963, Moscow, Russia – Legendary super heavyweights Norbert Schemansky (USA) and Leonid Zhabotinsky (USSR) are having a fun armwrestling match during the 1963 Prize of Moscow international tournament. The...
Joe Di Pietro: Lifting Heavy in Paris (1949)
5 Apr, 2020
David Rigert: Training in New Zealand (1975)
3 Apr, 2020
Eino Makinen in Tallinn (1957)
1 Apr, 2020
Norb Schemansky: 1952 Olympic Tryouts
1 Apr, 2020
Marian Zielinski: 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome
28 Mar, 2020
2 May, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
28 Sep, 2015
1 May, 2016
1 May, 2017
