Vasily Vasilievich Rudenkov (Belarusian: Васіль Васілевіч Рудзянкоў; Russian: Василий Васильевич Руденков) (3 May 1931 – 2 November 1982)[1] was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw. He was born in Zhlobin, Homel, Belarus.
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Native name | Василиӣ Васильевич Руденков | |||||||||||||
Full name | Vasily Vasilievich Rudenkov | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Belarusian | |||||||||||||
Born | 3 May 1931 Zhlobin, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||
Died | 2 November 1982(1982-11-02) (aged 51) | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||
Event(s) | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Moscow | |||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 68.91 m (1961) | |||||||||||||
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Rudenkov competed for the USSR in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the hammer throw where he won the gold medal. It was his only Olympics appearance.[2]
He trained at Dynamo in Moscow and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1960)
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