Nikolay Vasilyevich Kolesnikov (; born 8 September 1953 in Kargaly, Almaty, Kazakh SSR) is a retired 100 metres runner who represented the

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. He won a bronze medal at the

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as well as the 60 metres at the 1978 European Indoor Championships. Kolesnikov trained at Burevestnik in

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* 1953 births Living people Kazakhstani male sprinters Soviet male sprinters Burevestnik (sports society) sportspeople Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade Athletes from Almaty {{Kazakhstan-athletics-bio-stub