Lyubov Kozyreva
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Medal record | |||
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Women's cross country skiing | |||
Olympic Games | |||
Gold | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 10 km | |
Silver | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 3 x 5 km | |
Silver | 1960 Squaw Valley | 10 km | |
Silver | 1960 Squaw Valley | 3 x 5 km | |
World Championships | |||
Gold | 1954 Falun | 10 km | |
Gold | 1954 Falun | 3 x 5 km | |
Gold | 1958 Lahti | 3 x 5 km | |
Gold | 1962 Zakopane | 3 x 5 km | |
Silver | 1958 Lahti | 10 km | |
Silver | 1962 Zakopane | 5 km |
Lyubov Vladimirovna Kozyreva (Russian: Любо́вь Влади́мировна Ко́зырева) (Lyubov Baranova from 1960 onwards) (born August 27, 1929 in the settlement of Bugry, Vsevolozhsky District, Leningrad Oblast) was a former Soviet cross country skier who competed in the 1950s and 1960s for VSS Burevestnik.
She won four Winter Olympic medals with a gold in the 10 km (1956) and silvers in the 10 km (1960 and the 3x5 km Relay (1956, 1960). She also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1955, becoming the first Soviet athlete to win at the Holmenkollen.
Her biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships where she won six medals, including four golds (10 km: 1954, 3x5 km: 1954, 1958, 1962) and two silvers (10 km: 1958, 5 km: 1962).
[edit] External links
- FIS Profile (As Ljubov Baranova)
- FIS Profile (As Ljubov Kozyreva)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
1952: Lydia Wideman * 1956: Lyubov Kozyreva * 1960: Maria Gusakova * 1964: Klavdiya Boyarskikh * 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
1954: Lyubov Kozyreva * 1958: Alevtina Kolchina * 1962: Alevtina Kolchina * 1966: Klavdiya Boyarskikh * 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 * 2007: Kateřina Neumannová
(As 3 x 5 km) 1954 Soviet Union Lyubov Kozyreva, Margarita Maslennikova & Valentina Tsaryova
1958 Soviet Union Radya Yeroshina, Alevtina Kolchina & Lyubov Kozyreva
1962 Soviet Union Lyubov Baranova, Maria Gusakova & Alevtina Kolchina
1966 Soviet Union Klavdiya Boyarskikh, 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 & Britt Pettersen
1985 Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova, Raisa Smetanina, Liliya Vasilchenko & Anfisa Romanova
1987 Soviet Union Antonina Ordina, 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, Yuliya Chepalova & Nina Gavrilyuk
2003 Germany Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel & Evi Sachenbacher
2005 Norway Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen
2007 Finland Virpi Kuitunen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen & Pirjo Manninen
Categories: 1929 births | Living people | Burevestnik athletes | Competitors at the 1956 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 1960 Winter Olympics | Holmenkollen winners | Olympic cross-country skiers of the Soviet Union | Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union | Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union | Soviet cross-country skiers