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Vyacheslav Vedenin
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Full name Vyacheslav Petrovich Vedenin
Born 1 October 1941 (1941-10)
Sloboda, Tula Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died 22 October 2021(2021-10-22) (aged 80)
Moscow, Russia
Height 164 cm
Weight 64 kg
Sport
Sport Cross-country skiing
Club Dynamo Moscow
Coached by Pavel Kolchin
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver 1968 Grenoble 50 km
Gold 1972 Sapporo 30 km
Gold 1972 Sapporo 4×10 km
Bronze 1972 Sapporo 50 km
World Championships
Gold 1970 Vysoké Tatry 30 km
Gold 1970 Vysoké Tatry 4×10 km
Silver 1970 Vysoké Tatry 50 km

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.

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