Vasily Rudenkov

Vasily Rudenkov
Personal information
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 (aged 51)
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Country	Soviet Union
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hammer throw
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	68.91 m (1961)
Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Representing the Soviet Union
Olympic Games

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.

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)