Ljubov Kozyreva

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Medal record
Women's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Gold 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 10 km
Silver 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 3 x 5 km
Silver 1960 Squaw Valley 10 km
Silver 1960 Squaw Valley 3 x 5 km
World Championships
Gold 1954 Falun 10 km
Gold 1954 Falun 3 x 5 km
Gold 1958 Lahti 3 x 5 km
Gold 1962 Zakopane 3 x 5 km
Silver 1958 Lahti 10 km
Silver 1962 Zakopane 5 km

Ljubov Vladimirovna Kozyreva (Russian: Любо́вь Влади́мировна Ко́зырева) (Ljubov Baranova from 1960 onwards) (born August 27, 1929 in the settlement of Bugry, Vsevolozhsky District, Leningrad Oblast) was a former Soviet cross country skier who competed in the 1950s and 1960s for VSS Burevestnik.

She won four Winter Olympic medals with a gold in the 10 km (1956) and silvers in the 10 km (1960 and the 3x5 km Relay (1956, 1960). She also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1955, becoming the first Soviet athlete to win at the Holmenkollen.

Her biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships where she won six medals, including four golds (10 km: 1954, 3x5 km: 1954, 1958, 1962) and two silvers (10 km: 1958, 5 km: 1962).

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Olympic champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing

1952: Lydia Wideman | 1956: Ljubov Kozyreva | 1960: Maria Gusakova | 1964: Klavdija Bojarskikh | 1968: Toini Gustafsson | 1972: Galina Kulakova | 1976: Raisa Smetanina | 1980: Barbara Petzold | 1984: Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 1988: Vida Vencienė | 2002: Bente Skari | 2006: Kristina Šmigun
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


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