Maria Gusakova

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Medal record
Women's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Gold	1960 Squaw Valley	10 km
Silver	1960 Squaw Valley	3 x 5 km
Bronze	1964 Innsbruck	3 x 5 km
World Championships
Gold	1962 Zakopane	3 x 5 km
Silver	1962 Zakopane	10 km
Bronze	1962 Zakopane	5 km

Maria Ivanovna Gusakova (Russian: Мария Ивановна Гусакова) (born February 2, 1931 in village Simoshkino, Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast) was a former Soviet cross country skier who competed from the late 1950's to the early 1960's for VSS Spartak. She won a complete set Winter Olympic medals with a gold in the 10 km (1960), a silver in the 3 x 5 km (1960) and a bronze in the 10 km (1964).

Gusakova also earned a complete set of medals at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 3 x 5 km, a silver in the 10 km, and a bronze in the 5 km.

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• FIS Profile

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 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