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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 (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cross-country skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Pavel Kolchin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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