What is Vyacheslav Vedenin?
{{Infobox sportsperson | name = Vyacheslav Vedenin | image = Vedenin Wikipedia Isaev 600.JPG | image_size = | caption = Vedenin in 2007 | birth_name = | fullname = Vyacheslav Petrovich Vedenin | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth-date|1 October 1941}} | birth_place = [[Sloboda]], [[Tula Oblast]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|22|1941|10|1|df=y}} | death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] | height = 164 cm | weight = 64 kg | country = | sport = [[Cross-country skiing (sport)|Cross-country skiing]] | club = [[Dynamo Moscow]] | coach = [[Pavel Kolchin]] | retired = | olympics = | highestranking = | pb = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[1968 Winter Olympics|1968 Grenoble]] | [[Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre|50 km]]}} {{MedalGold | [[1972 Winter Olympics|1972 Sapporo]] | [[Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre|30 km]]}} {{MedalGold | 1972 Sapporo | [[Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay|4×10 km]]}} {{MedalBronze | 1972 Sapporo | [[Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre|50 km]]}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalGold| [[1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1970 Vysoké Tatry]] | 30 km}} {{MedalGold| 1970 Vysoké Tatry | 4×10 km}} {{MedalSilver| 1970 Vysoké Tatry | 50 km}} }} '''Vyacheslav Petrovich Vedenin''' ({{lang-ru|Вячесла́в Петро́вич Веденин}}; 1 October 1941 &ndash; 22 October 2021) was a Soviet cross-country skier. His silver medal over 50&nbsp;km was the only medal won by a Soviet male skier at the [[1968 Winter Olympics|1968 Olympics]]. He also won a gold and bronze medal at the [[1972 Winter Olympics]].<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417161945/https://www.sports-reference.com/o