Nikolay Kolesnikov (sprinter)

Nikolay Vasilyevich Kolesnikov (Russian: Никола́й Васильевич Коле́сников; born 8 September 1953 in Kargaly, Almaty, Kazakh SSR) is a retired 100 metres runner who represented the USSR. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics as well as the 60 metres at the 1978 European Indoor Championships. Kolesnikov trained at Burevestnik in Leningrad.