Alevtina Kolchina

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Medal record
Women's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Gold	1964 Innsbruck	3 x 5 km
Silver	1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	3 x 5 km
Bronze	1964 Innsbruck	5 km
Bronze	1968 Grenoble	5 km
Bronze	1968 Grenoble	3 x 5 km
World Championships
Gold	1958 Lahti	10 km
Gold	1958 Lahti	3 x 5 km
Gold	1962 Zakopane	5 km
Gold	1962 Zakopane	10 km
Gold	1962 Zakopane	3 x 5 km
Gold	1966 Oslo	5 km
Gold	1966 Oslo	3 x 5 km
Silver	1966 Oslo	10 km

Alevtina Pavlovna Kolchina (Russian: Алевтина Павловна Колчина alternate spelling: Alevtina Koltsjina, born November 11, 1930 in village Pavlovsk, Ochersky District, Perm Oblast) was a Soviet cross country skier who competed during the 1950's and 1960's for Burevestnik and later for Dynamo sports societies. She competed in three Winter Olympics, earning a total of five medals. Kolchina also competed several times at the Holmenkollen ski festival, winning three times at 10 km (1961-1963) and once at 5 km (1966). She is married to four-time Olympic cross country medalist Pavel Kolchin.

Kolchina's biggest success was at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where she won 3 medals in 10 km (golds in 1958 and 1962, silver in 1966), 3 medals in the 3 x 5 km relay (golds in 1958, 1962, and 1966), and 2 medals in 5 km (golds in 1962 and 1966).

For her successes in the world championships and at the Holmenkollen, Kolchina received the Holmenkollen medal in 1963 (shared with her husband, Astrid Sandvik, and Torbjørn Yggeseth). Kolchina is the third woman, first Soviet/Russian, and first female Nordic skier to ever win the Holmenkollen medal. Kolchina and her husband are the first husband and wife team to ever win the Holmenkollen Medal.

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• Holmenkollen Winners since 1892
• Holmenkollen Medalists
• FIS Profile (Shown as Alevtina Koltsjina.)

Olympic champions in women's cross country skiing 4 x 5 km relay

(As 3 x 5 km) 1956 Finland Sirkka Polkunen, Mirja Hietamies, & Siiri Rantanen 1960 Sweden Irma Johansson, Britt Strandberg, & Sonja Ruthström-Edström 1964 Soviet Union Alevtina Kolchina, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, & Klavdija Bojarskikh 1968 Norway Inger Aufles, Babben Enger Damon, & Berit Mørdre Lammedal 1972 Soviet Union Lyubov Mukhacheva, Alevtina Olyunina, & Galina Kulakova (As 4 x 5 km) 1976 Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, & Galina Kulakova 1980 East Germany Marlies Rostock, Carola Anding, Veronika Schmidt, & Barbara Petzold 1984 Norway Inger Helene Nybråten, Anne Jahren, Brit 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, Julija Tchepalova, & Evgenia Medvedeva-Abruzova

World champions in women's 5 km cross-country skiing
1962: Alevtina Kolchina | 1966: Alevtina Kolchina | 1970: Galina Kulakova | 1974: Galina Kulakova | 1978: Helena Takalo | 1982: Berit Aunli | 1985: Anette Bøe | 1987: Marjo Matikanen | 1991: Trude Dybendahl | 1993: Larisa Lazutina | 1995: Larisa Lazutina | 1997: Yelena Välbe | 1999: Bente Martinsen

World champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing
1954: Ljubov Kozyreva | 1958: Alevtina Kolchina | 1962: Alevtina Kolchina | 1966: Klavdija Bojarskikh | 1970: Alevtina Olyunina | 1974: Galina Kulakova | 1978: Zinaida Amosova | 1982: Berit Aunli | 1985: Anette Bøe | 1987: Anne Jahren | 1989 classical: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | 1989 freestyle: Yelena Välbe | 1991: Yelena Välbe | 2001: Bente Skari | 2003: Bente Skari | 2005: Kateřina Neumannová

World champions in women's cross country skiing 4 x 5 km relay

(As 3 x 5 km) 1954 Soviet Union Ljubov Kozyreva, Margarita Maslennikova, & Valentina Tsareva 1958 Soviet Union Radia Yeroshina, Alevtina Kolchina, & Ljubov Kozyreva 1962 Soviet Union Ljubov Kozyreva, Maria Gusakova, & Alevtina Kolchina 1966 Soviet Union Klavdija Bojarskikh, Rita Achkina, & Alevtina Kolchina 1970 Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva, Galina Kulakova, & Alevtina Olyunina (As 4 x 5 km) 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, & Brit Pettersen 1985 Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova, Raisa Smetanina, Liliya Vassilchenko, & Anfisa Romanova 1987 Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova, 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, Julija Tchepalova, & Nina Gavrilyuk 2003 Germany Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel, & Evi Sachenbacher 2005 Norway Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira, & Marit Bjørgen

Preceded by: Toralf Engan

Holmenkollen medal with Pavel Kolchin, Astrid Sandvik, & Torbjørn Yggeseth 1963

Succeeded by: Veikko Kankkonen, Eero Mäntyranta, Georg Thoma, & Halvor Næs

Persondata
NAME	Kolchina, Alevtina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Koltsjina, Alevtina; Kolchina, Alevtina Pavlovna;Koltsjina, Alevtina Pavlovna; Колчина, Алевтина Павловна
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Former russian skier
DATE OF BIRTH	November 11, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pavlovsk, Ochersky District, Perm Oblast
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH