Tuesday, December 08, 2009

  • Tommy Kono ~ 350 lb. Press


    • A look at the great Tommy Kono pressing 350 lbs. - a World record. Tommy's bodyweight was only 183 lbs. at the time.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Tuesday, December 08, 2009

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    Wednesday, August 26, 2009

  • Yoshinobu Miyake


    • The great japanese lifter Yoshinobu Miyake is shown here at "the moment of truth" during the 1961 World championships where he won the Bronze Medal. It is not as evident in this picture but Miyake pioneered a unique technique known as "frog style" (or the Miyake pull), which involves a wide grip and where the legs are splayed to the side at the beginning of the lift.

    His focus on this technique payed off as he took home Olympic Gold in the 1964 Tokyo Games and the 1968 Games in Mexico City, and set 29 World Records over the course of his career.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Wednesday, August 26, 2009

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    Thursday, August 20, 2009

  • Waldemar Baszanowski


    • Waldemar Baszanowski, the great Polish weightlifter, competed in four Olympic Games and took home Gold twice, at the 1964 Games in Tokyo, and the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. He also won five Wold Championships: 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, and 1969 and set twenty five World Records over the course of his career. Today, Baszanowski is the President of the European Weightlifting Federation.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Thursday, August 20, 2009

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    Saturday, July 11, 2009

  • Bringing Home the Gold: Melbourne, 1956


    • The date of this photo is November 26th, 1956 and it shows the results of the Men's Light-Heavyweight weightlifting event at the '56 Olympic Games held in Melbourne, Australia. On his way to the Gold Medal, Tommy Kono set Olympic records in the Press and Snatch and a World Record in the Clean & Jerk and overall total (447.5 kg).

    The other American lifter Jim George, from Akron, Ohio, won the Bronze with a 417.5 kg total. Vasīlijs Stepanovs of the Soviet Union took the Silver Medal with a 427.5 total.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Saturday, July 11, 2009

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    Monday, May 11, 2009

  • Ike Berger


    • A shot of Ike Berger cleaning and jerking 325 pounds to set the world record and win the Gold Medal in the featherweight class at the 1958 Senior World Weightlifting Championships. Berger was known for his flawless technique in all three lifts.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Monday, May 11, 2009

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    Friday, May 01, 2009

  • Perikles Kakousis


    • Shown is Greek Weightlifter Perikles Kakousis on his way to winning the "Two Hand Lift" Weightlifting competition at the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri. This lift of 246 pounds was good enough for the Gold Medal and set the world record at the time (breaking the old record by a mere four ounces.) The judge Dr. R. T. McKenzie looks on from the right.

    At the same games Kakousis also competed in the Tug 'O War event although his team only finished tied for 5th place.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Friday, May 01, 2009

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