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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
|image=Veniamin Soldatenko 1972.jpg<br />
|caption = Veniamin Soldatenko in 1972<br />
|name=Veniamin Soldatenko<br />
|birth_date={{birth-date and age|df=yes|4 January 1939}}<br />
|birth_place=Shkurovka, [[North Kazakhstan Region]]<ref name="Panorama">{{cite book|title=Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year|year=1973|publisher=[[Fizkultura i sport (publisher)|Fizkultura i sport]]|location=Moscow|language=Russian|page=109}}</ref><br />
|death_date=<br />
|death_place=<br />
| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<br />
| weight = {{convert|63|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<br />
|sport=Athletics<br />
|event=50 km walk<br />
|club= [[Armed Forces (sports society)|Armed Forces sports society]], [[Alma-Ata]]<br />
|pb= 3:53:24 (1978)<br />
|alma_mater=<br />
| show-medals = yes<br />
| medaltemplates = <br />
{{Medal|Country | the {{URS}} }}<br />
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Silver| [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]|[[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km walk]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Gold|[[1976 World Championships in Athletics|1976 Malmö]]|50 km walk}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Veniamin Vasilievich Soldatenko''' ({{lang-ru|Вениамин Васильевич Солдатенко}}, born 4 January 1939) is a retired [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] athlete who competed mainly in the [[50 km walk]]. He acquired [[Kazakhstan]]i citizenship after the dissolution of the [[Soviet Union]].<br />
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Soldatenko took up athletics in 1962 and became a member of the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] National Team in 1967.<ref name="Panorama"/> He competed at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] and won the silver medal. He also won a silver medal at the [[IAAF World Race Walking Cup|1970 World Race Walking Cup]], a gold medal at the [[1976 World Championships in Athletics|1976 World Championships]] and bronze, gold and silver medals at the European Championships in [[1969 European Championships in Athletics|1969]], [[1971 European Championships in Athletics|1971]] and [[1978 European Championships in Athletics|1978]], respectively. Soldatenko was awarded the [[Order of the Badge of Honor]] in 1972.<ref name="Panorama"/><br />
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Soldatenko was the first ever IAAF world champion and remains the oldest male world champion in athletics, having taken his 50&nbsp;km walk title at 37 years and 258 days.<ref>[http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/Moscow-2013-Statistics/sources/projet/IAAF-Moscow.pdf IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013] (p. 20). IAAF/[[Association of Track and Field Statisticians|AFTS]] (2013). Edited by Mark Butler. Retrieved on 9 September 2013.</ref> In retirement he coached race walkers in his native Kazakhstan.<ref name=sr>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/veniamin-soldatenko-1.html Veniamin Soldatenko]. sports-reference.com</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Footer World Champions 50 km Walk Men}}<br />
{{Footer European Champions 50 km Walk Men}}<br />
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[[Category:1939 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:People from North Kazakhstan Region]]<br />
[[Category:Soviet male racewalkers]]<br />
[[Category:Kazakhstani male racewalkers]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union]]<br />
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[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:World Championships in Athletics athletes for the Soviet Union]]<br />
[[Category:World Championships in Athletics medalists]]<br />
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]<br />
[[Category:Armed Forces sports society athletes]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]<br />
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