Nikolay Kolesnikov (born 1952) is a former Soviet

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, Olympic champion and world champion. He won the gold medal in the featherweight class at the

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1952 births Living people Sportspeople from Tatarstan Russian male weightlifters Soviet male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{Soviet-weightlifting-bio-stub