Lyubov Kozyreva

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Medal record
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).

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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
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World champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing
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
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World champions in women's cross country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay
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
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