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Veniamin Vasilievich Soldatenko (Russian: Вениамин Васильевич Солдатенко, born 4 January 1939) is a retired Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 50 km walk. He acquired Kazakhstani citizenship after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
 Veniamin Soldatenko in 1972 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 January 1939 (age 83) Shkurovka, North Kazakhstan Region[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 50 km walk | ||||||||||||||||
| Club | SKA Almaty | ||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 3:53:24 (1978) | ||||||||||||||||
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Soldatenko took up athletics in 1962 and became a member of the USSR National Team in 1967.[1] He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. He also won a silver medal at the 1970 World Race Walking Cup, a gold medal at the 1976 World Championships and bronze, gold and silver medals at the European Championships in 1969, 1971 and 1978, respectively. Soldatenko was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1972.[1]
Soldatenko was the first ever IAAF world champion and remains the oldest male world champion in athletics, having taken his 50 km walk title at 37 years and 258 days.[2] In retirement he coached race walkers in his native Kazakhstan.[3]
References
- Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1973. p. 109.
- IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013 (p. 20). IAAF/AFTS (2013). Edited by Mark Butler. Retrieved on 9 September 2013.
- Veniamin Soldatenko. sports-reference.com
World Athletics Championships champions in men's 50 km race walk (35 km from 2022) | |
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На других языках
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Veniamin Vassilievitch Soldatenko (en russe Вениамин Васильевич Солдатенко, né le 4 janvier 1939 dans le village de Chkourovka, dans la province du Kazakhstan du Nord, dans l'actuel Kazakhstan) est un ancien athlète soviétique, spécialiste de la marche, surtout sur 50 km. Après la dissolution de l'Union soviétique, il choisit la nationalité kazakhe.[it] Veniamin Soldatenko
Veniamin Vasil'evič Soldatenko (in russo: Вениамин Васильевич Солдатенко?; 4 gennaio 1939) è un ex marciatore sovietico.[ru] Солдатенко, Вениамин Васильевич
Вениамин Васильевич Солдатенко (род. 9 января 1939 года) — советский легкоатлет (спортивная ходьба), заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1971).Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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