Olga Savialova
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's cross country skiing | |||
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 30 km | |
| Bronze | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 5 km + 5 km double pursuit | |
| Bronze | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 15 km | |
| Bronze | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 4 x 5 km | |
Olga Savialova (Zavialova) (Russian: Ольга Завьялова) (born August 24, 1972) is a Russiann cross country skier who has competed since 1993. She won four medals at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold (30 km) and three bronzes (5 km + 5 km double pursuit, 15 km, and 4 x 5 km).
Savialova's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 7th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit at Turin in 2006. She has twelve additional individual victories at distances up to 30 km from 1996 to 2006.
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| 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 |
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