Vyacheslav Vedenin
Vyacheslav Petrovich Vedenin (Russian: Вячесла́в Петро́вич Веденин; 1 October 1941 – 22 October 2021) was a Soviet cross-country skier. His silver medal over 50 km was the only medal won by a Soviet male skier at the 1968 Olympics. He also won a gold and bronze medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics.[1]
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| Full name | Vyacheslav Petrovich Vedenin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 October 1941 Sloboda, Tula Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 October 2021 (aged 80) Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 164 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cross-country skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Pavel Kolchin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vyacheslav Vedenin Media
Vedenin on a stamp of Ajman
References
- ↑ Vyacheslav Vedenin. sports-reference.com