Lydia Wideman
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| Gold | 1952 Oslo | 10 km | |
Lydia Wideman (born May 17, 1920 in Vilppula) is a former cross-country skier from Finland. She became the first female Olympic medalist in cross-country skiing when she won a gold medal over 10 km 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
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| Olympic champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing |
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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 |
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