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Raisa Petrovna Smetanina (Russian: Раи́са Петро́вна Смета́нина; born February 29, 1952 in the village of Mokhcha, Komi ASSR) is a former Soviet/Russian Nordic skiing champion. She is the first woman in history to win ten Winter Olympic medals (Stefania Belmondo being the second). Smetanina took part in five Olympics, representing the USSR team four times and the Unified Team once. She trained at VSS Urozhay in Syktyvkar.
In the 1992 Winter Olympics, at the age of thirty-nine, Smetanina won a further gold medal competing for the Commonwealth of Independent States in the 4x5 km, becoming the first woman to win ten Winter Olympic medals and at that time the oldest woman to win a Winter Olympic gold.
Smetanina also had successes at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning four golds (20 km (1982), and 4x5 km (1974, 1985, and 1991), four silvers (10 km (1978), 20 km (1978), and 4x5 km (1982, 1989)), and four bronzes (4x5 km (1978), 5 km (1974, 1978), and 20 km (1980)). She also won three times at the Holmenkollen ski festival, once in the 10 km (1975) and twice in the 5 km (1975 and 1979).
In 1979, Smetanina received the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Erik Håker and Ingemar Stenmark). She was also awarded Order of Friendship of Peoples (1984). [1]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ (1985) Panorama of the 1984 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Physical Culture and Sports publisher, p. 38.
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Olympic champions in women's cross country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay |
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1956 Finland - Sirkka Polkunen, Mirja Hietamies, & Siiri Rantanen * 1960 Sweden - Irma Johansson, Britt Strandberg, & Sonja Ruthström-Edström * 1964 Soviet Union - Alevtina Kolchina, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, & Klavdiya Boyarskikh * 1968 Norway - Inger Aufles, Babben Enger-Damon, & Berit Mørdre Lammedal * 1972 Soviet Union - Lyubov Mukhachyova, Alevtina Olyunina, & Galina Kulakova |
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1976 Soviet Union - Nina Baldycheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, & Galina Kulakova * 1980 East Germany - Marlies Rostock, Carola Anding, Veronika Hesse, & Barbara Petzold * 1984 Norway - Inger Helene Nybråten, Anne Jahren, Britt Pettersen, & Berit Aunli * 1988 Soviet Union - Svetlana Nageykina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Tamara Tikhonova, & Anfisa Reztsova * 1992 Unified Team - Yelena Välbe, Raisa Smetanina, Larisa Lazutina, & Lyubov Yegorova * 1994 Russia - Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk, & Lyubov Yegorova * 1998 Russia - Nina Gavrilyuk, Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, & Larisa Lazutina * 2002 Germany - Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel, & Evi Sachenbacher * 2006 Russia - Natalia Baranova-Masolkina, Larisa Kurkina, Yuliya Chepalova, & Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova |
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World champions in women's cross country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay |
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1974 Soviet Union - Nina Baldycheva, Nina Selyunina, Raisa Smetanina & Galina Kulakova * 1978 Finland - Taina Impiö, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, Hilkka Riihivuori & Helena Takalo * 1982 Norway - Anette Bøe, Inger Helene Nybråten, Berit Aunli & Britt Pettersen * 1985 Soviet Union - Tamara Tikhonova, Raisa Smetanina, Liliya Vasilchenko & Anfisa Romanova * 1987 Soviet Union - Antonina Ordina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Larisa Ptistyna, & Anfisa Reztsova * 1989 Finland - Pirkko Määttä, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Jaana Savolainen & Marjo Matikainen * 1991 Soviet Union - Lyubov Yegorova, Raisa Smetanina, Tamara Tikhonova & Yelena Välbe * 1993 Russia - Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Lyubov Yegorova * 1995 Russia - Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina & Nina Gavrilyuk * 1997 Russia - Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Yelena Välbe * 1999 Russia - Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Anfisa Reztsova & Nina Gavrilyuk * 2001 Russia - Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Yuliya Chepalova & Nina Gavrilyuk * 2003 Germany - Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel & Evi Sachenbacher * 2005 Norway - Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen * 2007 Finland - Virpi Kuitunen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen & Pirjo Manninen |
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