Barbara Petzold

Barbara Petzold (born August 8, 1955) is a former East German Cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s and early 1980s. She won two gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid in the 10 km and the 4 x 5 km, and a bronze in the 4 x 5 km at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.

Petzold also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, earning three silvers (1974: 10 km, 4 x 5 km; 1978: 4 x 5 km) and one bronze (1982: 4 x 5 km).

She is sometimes listed as Barbara Petzold-Beyer in the results.

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v • d • e Olympic champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing

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

v • d • e Olympic champions in women's cross country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay

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

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