History of Olympic Weightlifting
The Lift Up project is brought to you by chidlovski.com.
This section of the site presents selected articles, interviews, presentations and research studies related to various aspects Olympic Weightlifting.
2023
Sultan
Rakhmanov Returns to the Izmailovo Weightlifting Hall,
Kaarlo Kangasniemi (Leningrad, 1968),
Farewell
to Olympic Press: Last USSR Heavyweight Champions (1972),
Nikolay Zakharov Sets a New World
Record in Snatch,
Vladimir
Anikin (Latvia) in Donetsk (1973),
Vladimir
Anikin at the 1971 Baltic Cup,
Kanybek Osmonaliev is 70,
Kulta-Kalle,
Jaan Talts: Lifting in the Late
Period of His Career,
Boris
Pavlov Goes for a World Record in Minsk,
Sultan
Rakhmanov: Training with Team CCCP,
Golden
Age of American Weightlifting: At the Muscle Beach, USA (1956),
David
Rigert: Illuminating 215lbs of Personal Charisma,
World
Record by Victor Korzh (1956),
Rudolf
Plukfelder Sets 2 National Records (1964),
Fiction
and Nonfiction: Ivan Danko and Alexander Bozhko,
Weightlifting
Classics: Waldemar Baszanowski (Poland),
Rafael
Chimishkyan at Chalkathon
by LiftUp,
Now
and Then: Anatoly Pisarenko and Zygmunt
Smalcerz,
Gennady Ivanchenko at Chalkathon by
LiftUp,
Trofim Lomakin at Chalkathon by LiftUp,
Michel
Broillet at Weightlifting Chalkathon by LiftUp,
Weightlifting
Chalkathon at LiftUp: Valery Shary (1975),
The
Strongest Basketball Player in the 1970s,
Alexander
Pervy: Milestone World Record at the Olympics in 1980,
Roman
Holiday (1960),
Coaches
and Athletes: Paul Anderson and Yakov Kutsenko,
Adam
Gnatov, Ukraine/USSR: 1944-2023,
Saga
of Tommy Kono (USA): Stockholm 3.00 (1963),
Saga
of Tommy Kono (USA): Stockholm 2.00 (1958),
Saga
of Tommy Kono (USA): Stockholm 1.01 (1953),
Saga
of Tommy Kono (USA): Stockholm 1.00 (1953),
Tommy
Kono: Weightlifting Saga in Stockholm,
Jaakko Kailajarvi: Lubeck (1971),
Ben
Helfgott, Holocaust survivor and Olympic weightlifter, dies at 93,
Sergey
Arakelov: 1979 USSR Spartakiade
in Leningrad,
Arkady Vorobyev Wins the National
Title in the 90kg Class,
Yurik Vardanyan: A Starry Night
in Dnepr (1982),
Coaches
and Athletes: Arkhangorodsky and Kurynov,
Coaches
and Athletes: Mekhanik and Ivanov,
Russ
Knipp at the 1972 Olympics in Munich,
Happy
Day For Estonia, Bulgaria and Germany,
David Rigert Says Goodbye To Olympic Weightlifting,
Alexander
Varbanov: World Record and Gold Medal in Sofia,
Mihaly Huszka Sets a National
Record in Snatch,
Zygmunt Smalcerz in Budapest
(1978),
Beach Season for Heavyweights in 1973,
Yanko Rusev Wins His 1st European Title,
Rudolf Plukfelder in Warsaw (1959),
John Davis in Paris (1950),
Featherweights Berger and Minaev in 1958,
The 1st World Record by Yevgeny Minaev,
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),
and more at LiftUp @ Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski