Vladimir Kolev (Bulgarian: Владимир Колев, born April 18, 1954) is a retired boxer from Bulgaria and Olympic bronze medalist. He also works as an actor, and has appeared in many American films.

Vladimir Kolev

Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	Light welterweight
World Amateur Championships
	Havana 1974	Light welterweight
European Championships
	1973 Belgrade	Welterweight

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he won the bronze medal in the light welterweight division (– 63'5 kg) after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual runner-up Andrés Aldama of Cuba.

Two years earlier, at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, he won the silver medal, after losing to Ayub Kalule from Uganda in the final.