Maria Gusakova
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's cross country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1960 Squaw Valley | 10 km | |
| Silver | 1960 Squaw Valley | 3 x 5 km | |
| Bronze | 1964 Innsbruck | 10 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1962 Zakopane | 3 x 5 km | |
| Silver | 1962 Zakopane | 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1962 Zakopane | 5 km | |
Maria Ivanovna Gusakova (Russian: Мари́я Ива́новна Гусако́ва) (born February 2, 1931 in the village of Timoshkino, Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast) was a former Soviet cross country skier who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s for VSS Spartak. She won a complete set Winter Olympic medals with a gold in the 10 km (1960), a silver in the 3x5 km (1960) and a bronze in the 10 km (1964).
Gusakova also earned a complete set of medals at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 3x5 km, a silver in the 10 km, and a bronze in the 5 km.
[edit] External links
- FIS-Ski: Maria Gusakova - statistics
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