Thursday, January 21, 2010
Yuri VlasovIt was Yuri Vlasov who came along and broke most of Paul Anderson's records at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. In order to do so, he became the first man to Clean & Jerk over 400 pounds(402-1/2 pounds).
Anderson did not compete at these games as by that time he was no longer an amateur athlete. Just to prove a point, however, shortly afterwards at an exhibition Anderson took Vlasov's winning lift and performed three reps with it!
Labels: 1960 Olympics, Paul Anderson, Russian, Russian Olympic Set, Russian Weightlifter, Yuri Vlasov
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Thursday, December 03, 2009
Marian ZielińskiMarian Zieliński, the Polish weightlifter who took part in four Olympic games, is shown here in mid-press. Zieliński was the first Polish athlete to win an Olympic weightlifting medal, when he took Bronze as a featherweight at the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Australia. At the 1960 Games in Rome he tried moving up to the lightweight class and finished fourth.
As a lightweight, he won two more Bronze medals, in Tokyo, 1964 and Mexico City, in 1968. He was also a three-time European champion and seven-time Polish Champion.
Labels: 1956 Olympics, 1960 Olympics, 1964 Olympics, 1968 Olympics, Bronze Medal, Marian Zieliński, Polish Weightlifter, Russian Olympic Set, Weightlifting Champion
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Sunday, July 12, 2009
Paul Anderson: Behind The Iron CurtainIn 1955, a group of U.S. weightlifting champs traveled to Russia - the first U.S. athletic team to be invited behind the Iron Curtain - for a series of exhibitions with the Soviet national team.
After everyone else had finished their lifting, Paul Anderson astounded their hosts by pressing 402-1/2 lbs., snatching 314-1/4 lbs. and the lift shown here: a clean & jerk of 424-1/2 lbs. Big Paul so astounded the Russians that they did not even bother to enter a heavyweight lifter at the upcoming 1956 Olympics - they figured that he was simply unbeatable.
Labels: Clean and Jerk, Paul Anderson, Press, Russia, Russian Olympic Set, Snatch
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Friday, June 19, 2009
The Russian Olympic SetOne of the interesting things that you would find in the old strength magazines was Olympic sets from some of the different countries - and they did a fine job. pictured here is a famous Russian Olympic set brought in by Leo Stern for use in his gym. Oh yeah, that's also Pat Casey 'unofficially' bench pressing 525 pounds.
Labels: Barbell Exercise, Bench Press, Leo Stern, Olympic Barbell, Pat Casey, Russian Olympic Set, Sterns Gym
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Bert Elliott's 276 Pound Bent PressBert Elliott performs a bent-press with 276 pounds on a russian Olympic set at a strength show at Pasedena, California in the 60's. This lift was approximately 100 pounds over bodyweight for Bert. That's Pat Casey spotting on the right.
Labels: Barbell, Bench Press, Bert Elliott, Feat, Pat Casey, Russian Olympic Set
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