| Full Name: | Vitali Yakovlevich Kuznetsov |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Weight Class: | +93 kg, +95 kg, Open |
| Worlds Rank: | 2 |
| Worlds Year: | 1971 |
| Worlds Year2: | 1979 |
| Regionals Type: | EU |
| Regionals Rank: | 1 |
| Regionals Year: | 1971 |
| Olympics Rank: | 2 |
| Olympics Year: | 1972 |
| Olympics Weight: | Men's Open |
| Updated: | 24 June 2023 |
Vitali Yakovlevich Kuznetsov (Russian: Виталий Яковлевич Кузнецов, 16 February 1941 - 13 October 2011) was a Russian judoka who competed for the Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] In 1972 he won the silver medal in the open category.