Artefacts

Tokyo 1964, banner with the Games' emblem that belonged to Leonid ZHABOTINSKY (URS).

Physical description

With banner with Games' Emblem. Caption: "TOKYO 1964".

Used

Used: Leonid Ivanovych ZHABOTINSKY

Materials

silk, wood

Colors

multi coloured, red

Dimension

80 x 45 cm, 24 g

Type of item

Flags -> streamer

Reference number

236997

Keywords

Olympic champion Tokyo 1964, Olympic Games USSR (1922-1989)Weightlifting/+ 90kg, total (heavyweight)[M]emblem

Notes

Tokyo 1964 – winner’s medal, competitor’s badge, notebook and pennant belonging to Leonid ZHABOTINSKY (URS), Olympic weightlifting champion. Leonid Zhabotinsky was a Ukrainian weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union. He was a double Olympic champion in the +90kg category. At Tokyo 1964, his victory saw him break the Olympic record and, over the course of his career, he set 19 world records. The content of his notebook reveals his interest in sport in general, as he had been noting down the results in the athletics, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling, judo, boxing, volleyball, basketball, football, hockey and modern pentathlon competitions. Purchased at auction