Larisa Kurkina
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Gold | 2006 Turin | 4 x 5 km | |
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Silver | 2005 Oberstdorf | 4 x 5 km |
Larisa Kurkina (born December 18, 1973) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. She won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Kurkina won a silver medals in the 4 x 5 km at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and finished 5th in the 30 km at those same championships. She also has one individual victory in a 2004 individual sprint event in Russia.
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(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, & Klavdiya Boyarskikh
1968 Norway Inger Aufles, Babben Enger-Damon, & Berit Mørdre Lammedal
1972 Soviet Union Lyubov Mukhachyova, 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 Hesse, & Barbara Petzold
1984 Norway Inger Helene Nybråten, Anne Jahren, Britt 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, Yuliya Chepalova, & Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova