medaltemplates article_title birth_date
men 's athletics vasili kuznetsov -lrb- athlete -rrb-
 7 february 1932
vasili kuznetsov -lrb- athlete -rrb-

vasili dmitriyevich kuznetsov -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 7 february 1932 -- 6 august 2001 -rrb- was a soviet athlete who competed mainly in the decathlon .
he was born in kalikino , ryazan oblast .
kuznetsov trained at burevestnik in moscow .
he competed for the ussr at three consecutive summer olympics .
in the 1956 summer olympics held in melbourne , australia , and the 1960 summer olympics held in rome , italy , he twice won the bronze medal .
at the 1964 summer olympics held in tokyo , japan , he finished seventh .
he died in moscow .
