If you haven't read part one of this history please do so here, as I'll be referencing quite a bit from the earlier piece. Now... where were we? Last time I discussed the history of Olympic weightlifting in the United States, I mentioned the early strongwomen, Minerva's weightlifting belt (awarded in the 1890s by Richard… Continue reading Women’s Olympic Weightlifting in the United States: Part Two
I am currently working on my next book project, this time studying the history of women's Olympic weightlifting in the United States. Funded, in part, by the Olympic Studies Center, I had the pleasure of studying the International Weightlifting Federation's minutes and magazines from the 1970s to the present day. Housed in Lausanne, Switzerland, this… Continue reading Gottfried Schödl, ‘WE NEED MORE COMPETENT REFEREES,’ World Weightlifting, 1975, vol. 3, p. 3
