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.
2017
Athletes and Coaches: Alexeev and Chuzhin,
Viva Las Vegas. Top 10 World Record Breakers.,
16-year Old Champ From Bulgaria,
Serge Reding (Belgium),
Alexander Senshin: World Record in Moscow (1980),
Lift Up: In Memoriam (2017),
Two Cents Into Olympic Weightlifting,
Ireneusz Palinski,
Holiday Season Quiz For the Fans of Olympic Weightlifting, Gewichtheben Means Weightlifting In German, World Record By Dzhamal Panakhov, The Last Tournament With Yury Vlasov, Karimov, Jouni Grönman (Finland), Veretennikov, S. Didyk: Walking For the World Records, Athletes and Coaches: A. Kurynov and A.Vorobyev,
Moscow Promises,
2017 Go USA Weightlifting Marathon: John Davis, Bruce Wilhelm, Chuck Vinci, Bob Bednarski, Phil Grippaldi, Bob Hoffman and Team USA, Mark Cameron, Norbert Schemansky, Michael Karchut, Paul Anderson, Joe Dube, T.Kono and P.George, After World War II, Dave Sheppard, Dave Ashman, Team USA (1936), Team USA (1958), John Grimek of York Barbell, Team USA (1952),
Team USA Goes To Europe (1938),
First Attempt of Yurik Vardanyan, Isaac Berger: World Record in Stockholm, Team USA 1946, David Rigert in
Munich (1972), The Last World Championship
For Yanko Rusev, Tommy Kono
at the Moscow Prize International, Yury Vlasov (Stockholm, 1963), Go USA Weightlifting
Marathon: John Davis, Go USA Weightlifting
Marathon: Bruce Wilhelm, Go USA Weightlifting
Marathon: Chuck Vinci, Go USA Weightlifting
Marathon: Bob Bednarski, Go USA Weightlifting
Marathon: Phil Grippaldi, Go USA
Weightlifting Marathon: Bob Hoffman and Team USA, Go USA Weightlifting
Marathon: Mark Cameron, Go USA Weightlifting
Marathon: Norbert Schemansky, Go USA Weightlifting
Marathon: Michael Karchut, Go USA Weightlifting
Marathon: Paul Anderson, Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom:
V. Klokov Sets Four World Records, Go USA Weightlifting Marathon:
Joe Dube, Go USA Weightlifting
Marathon: T.Kono and P.George, Go USA Weightlifting
Marathon: After World War II, Go USA Weightlifting
Marathon: Dave Sheppard, Go USA Weightlifting
Marathon: Dave Ashman, Bulgarian Weightlifting Stars, Two Generations of Soviet
Super Heavyweights, In
Memory of the Legend: 188kg World Record in Clean-and-Jerk (1986), In
Memory of the Legend: World Record in Snatch by Naim
(1986), Naim Suleymanoglu (1967-2017), Go USA Weightlifting
Marathon: Team USA (1936), Alexander Borisenok
(Belarus), The Last Gold of Viktor Kurentsov, Go USA Weightlifting
Marathon: Team USA (1958), Avset Avsetov (USSR), Go USA
Weightlifting Marathon: John Grimek of York Barbell,
Hafiz Suleymanoglu, World Record by Vladimir Marchuk, Go USA Weightlifting
Marathon: Team USA (1952), Valentin Khristov
(Bulgaria), Go USA
Weightlifting Marathon: Team USA Goes To Europe (1938), Heavy Lifting By Moscow Dynamo, Smiling Champion Alexander Pervy, Anton Kodzhabashev
(Bulgaria), Umar Edelkhanov,
Weightlifters in Crystal Palace in London,
Alexander Kraychev (Bulgaria),
Closing Ceremony (1967),
RLOL,
Kanybek Osmonaliev,
Doug Hepburn in 1953,
Estonian Strongman Toivo Kurg,
RLOL,
Sultan Rakhmanov in Leningrad (1979),
Athletes and Coaches: Popov and Kirshon,
Israil Arsamakov: World Record in Snatch Lift (1982),
RLOL,
Brasilian Beaches and American Weightlifting,
Jakko Kailajarvi (Finland),
1948 Team USA,
Olympic Champions in Weightlifting (Moscow, 1980),
Frank Rothwell: Go Ireland!,
World Record by Yury Vlasov,
Olympic Press by Alexander Kidyaev,
RLOL,
RLOL,
Peter George and John Davis: Two Legends of Weightlifting USA, Russians Are Coming, Training Session in the
Legendary U.S. Gym, World Record by Vladimir Belyaev, The 3rd Attempt of Batishchev,
Great USA vs. USSR Series of Matches in 1955, New WR in Total by Sohrab Moradi (Iran), Lift Up, History In Color: Feedback Request, Oxen Mirzoyan (Armenia), Olympic Press by Vasily Alexeev: Early Years, Morning Promenade in Dubna, Russia, Arvid Andersson (Sweden), Olympic Champion Ota Zaremba (Czechoslovakia), Another World Record by Adam Gnatov, The Usual Suspects of York Barbell,
Naim Suleymanoglu Is in Serious Condition with Liver Failure,
Team England Finest (1962),
Yury Chimrov (USSR),
Athletes and Coaches: Chimishkyan and Mekhanik,
Theater of One Athlete,
Syrchin,
Khasan Yagly-Ogly,
Puerto Rico Strongest,
World
Record By Bob Bednarski
(USA), Dmitry Ivanov: Soviet Sports Writer and Athlete, John Grimek
(USA), Vladimir Grachev (CCCP), Karel Prohl (Czech Republic), Joe Dube at the 1970 AAU Senior
Nationals (Culver City, CA), And
the Winners Are (90kg, Helsinki, 1952), Happy
90th Birthday to Rudolf Plukfelder, USA vs. USSR Weightlifting Toutnament
(1958): Lomakin, Unsung heroes: Lightweight Champion Nikolay Nogaytsev, Retro Sounds and Music of Olympic Weightlifting, Jaan Talts Joins the 500 Club (1967), Made in USA:
Glorious Duo, Athletes
and Coaches of Dynamo Moscow, On the Stage of the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, 165 Kg
Press By Vladimir Golovanov, .Paul
Anderson in the Spoltlight, America’s Numero Uno, Valery
Smirnov of Leningrad, Russia, Heavyweight
Champs in 1970, 1968
Team USA Weightlifting in Mexico City, Arnold Can Be
Silly Sometimes,
Vasily
Alexeev and CCCP Strongest in Podolsk (1976),
Team USA Weightlifting in
Berlin (1936),
Mati Nuude of
Tallinn, Estonia,
CCCP and Bulgaria: Joint
Training Camp,
Plug and Play, USA!,
Snatch Pull in Munich,
Press Lift by Karl Pumpurins,
Snatch Lift by Vladimir Kononov,
Tommy Kono in Germany,
Velichko Cholakov (1982-2017),
Bohuslav Braum, Czechoslovakia,
Arnold Luhaaar:
Berlin, 1936,
Ivanchenko at the 1972
National Championship,
World Wide Weightlifting: Rigert-o-Mania,
Just a Matter Of
Technique,
Alfred Neuland
(Estonia),
Helmut Losch,
Big Names. Small Talk.,
If Not Today Then Tomorrow,
Bronislav Ryzhik,
Vorobyev (1954),
Team CCCP
Weightlifting in Tsaghkadzor (1978-79),
Cholokyan,
Chuck Vinci (USA), Trofim Lomakin (1954), Best Super Heavyweights
In 1976, Gennady Ryabokon
(1938-2017), Taranenko: World
Record in 1980, Sentiments On the
Past, Khristo Plachkov
(Bulgaria), In Deep Thoughts, Rudolf Ismayr, Vaclav Psenicka and Jaroslav Skobla (Czechoslovakia), David Rigert: Barefoot Snatch, Peter Korol, Jaan Talts, Vladimir Ryzhenkov, Rigertomania In Action, Team Czechoslovakia (1980), Anthropometry, David Rigert:
Montreal, 1976, Alexander Pervy, Bonk, Schemansky
and Kono in Switzerland, They Were the First Ones, Nassiri, Eduard Brovko, Team USA Weightlifting in Basel
(1953), Peter Baczako, Rudolf Plyukfelder
(Viena, 1961), Mosibit, Arakelov, Yurik Vardanyan: The Legend, Alexander Dzhedzhelava, David Rigert
in Donetsk (1973), Pisarenko Comes Back, Victor Mazin, Peter George: Thank
You To All Historians and Fans of Olympic
Weightlifting, Athletes and
Coaches: Oxen Mirzoyan and Ashot
Vilasyan, Athletic On the Beach, Middle Heavyweights CCCP in 1967, His First World Title in 1959,
Team USA Weightlifting in Munich (1955), Robert Kabbas (Australia), Heavyweights CCCP in 1971, Happy Birthday, Dr. Peter George!, Igor Sadykov, Dziedzic
and Ozimek of Team Poland, The Champions of the 1967 Spartakiade, Zygmunt Smalcerz, Blagoev (Bulgaria), Weightlifting Americana In Color, Team CCCP Weightlifting in Color, Anniversary
Posters: USSR Weightlifting Championships (1918-1991), World Record By Pervushin, Team CCCP Weightlifting (1978),
Unsung heroes: Anatoly Mayasin (Latvia), Also Known As Oddjob, Pioneers of Weightlifting, Requiem For the Heavyweights, Baszanowski: 220 Kilo Back Squat, Marian Zielinski (Poland),