Lyubov Yegorova

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Medal record
Women's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Gold	1992 Albertville	10 km
Gold	1992 Albertville	15 km
Gold	1992 Albertville	4 x 5 km
Gold	1994 Lillehammer	5 km + 10 km combined pursuit
Gold	1994 Lillehammer	4 x 5 km
Silver	1992 Albertville	5 km
Silver	1992 Albertville	30 km
Silver	1994 Lillehammer	15 km
World Championships
Gold	1991 Val di Fiemme	30 km
Gold	1991 Val di Fiemme	4 x 5 km
Gold	1993 Falun	4 x 5 km
Silver	1993 Falun	5 km
Bronze	1993 Falun	5 km + 10 km combined pursuit
Bronze	1993 Falun	30 km
Disqualified	1997 Trondheim	5 km

Lyubov Ivanovna Yegorova (Russian: Любо́вь Ива́новна Его́рова) (born May 5, 1966, Seversk) is a Russian former cross country Olympic ski champion, many times world champion (first time in 1991), winner of the World Cup (1993) and Hero of Russia. Lubov Yegorova is an honorable citizen of Seversk (1992), Saint Petersburg (1994) and Tomsk Region (2005).

Yegorova won several medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with 3 golds (4 x 5 km: 1991, 1993; 30 km: 1991), one silver (5 km: 1993), and two bronzes (5 km + 10 km combined pursuit, 30km: 1993). She also won the women's 15 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1994. Additionally, Yegorova won a total of eight medals at the Winter Olympics, earning five golds and three silver. She won the Holmenkollen medal in 1994 (shared with Vladimir Smirnov and Espen Bredesen).

[edit] Doping controversy

Yegorova's career ended at the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim when she was disqualified for doping on bromantan, an anabolic steroid. She was disqualfied on February 26, 1997, three days after winning gold in the women's 5 km event, and stripped of that medal. Yegorova's gold would go to fellow Russian Yelena Välbe.

[edit] External links

• Lubov Yegorova (Russian)
• Holmenkollen Winners since 1892
• Holmenkollen Medalists
• FIS Profile (As Ljubov Egorova.)
• Information on Yegorova's doping disqualification (Italian)

Olympic champions in women's 5 km cross-country skiing
1964: Klavdija Bojarskikh | 1968: Toini Gustafsson | 1972: Galina Kulakova | 1976: Helena Takalo | 1980: Raisa Smetanina | 1984: Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 1988: Marjo Matikainen-Kallström | 1992: Marjut Lukkarinen | 1994: Lyubov Yegorova | 1998: Larisa Lazutina

Olympic champions in women's 15 km cross-country skiing
1992: Lyubov Yegorova | 1994: Manuela Di Centa | 1998: Olga Danilova | 2002: Stefania Belmondo

Olympic champions in women's cross country combined/double pursuit
1992: Lyubov Yegorova | 1994: Lyubov Yegorova | 1998: Larisa Lazutina | 2002: Beckie Scott | 2006: Kristina Šmigun

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 30 km cross-country skiing

As 20 km - 1978: Zinaida Amosova | 1980: Veronika Schmidt | 1982: Raisa Smetanina | 1985: Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo | 1987: Marie-Helene Östlund

As 30 km - 1989: Yelena Välbe | 1991: Lyubov Yegorova | 1993: Stefania Belmondo | 1995: Yelena Välbe | 1997: Yelena Välbe | 1999: Larisa Lazutina | 2003: Olga Savialova | 2005: Marit Bjørgen

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: Emil Kvanlid

Holmenkollen medal with Vladimir Smirnov & Espen Bredesen 1994

Succeeded by: Kenji Ogiwara