Vitali Yakovlevich Kuznetsov (russian: Виталий Яковлевич Кузнецов, 16 February 1941 – 13 October 2011) was a
Russian judoka
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who competed for the
Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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and the
1980 Summer Olympics
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In
1972
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he won the silver medal in the
open category
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1941 births
2011 deaths
Russian male judoka
Soviet male judoka
Olympic judoka for the Soviet Union
Judoka at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic medalists in judo
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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