Zinaida Amosova

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Medal record
Women's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Gold	1976 Innsbruck	4 x 5 km
World Championships
Gold	1978 Lahti	10 km
Gold	1978 Lahti	20 km
Bronze	1978 Lahti	4 x 5 km

Zinaida Stepanovna Amosova (Russian: Зинаида Степановна Амосова) (born January 12, 1950 in Krupskaya kolkhoz, Talaz District, Dzhambul Oblast, Kazakh SSR) was a former Soviet cross country skier who competed from 1976 to 1983, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Novosibirsk. She won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.

Amosova's biggest success was at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships where she earned three medals. This included two golds (10 km, 20 km) and one bronze (4 x 5 km).

Amosova was awarded Order of the Badge of Honor (1976).

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• FIS Profile

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 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 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