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Veronika Schmidt nèe Hesse (born August 24, 1952). is a former East German Cross-country skier who competed from 1974 to 1982. She won two 4 x 5 km medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold in Lake Placid and a bronze in Innsbruck.
Schmidt also won a complete set medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 20 km (1980), a silver in the 4 x 5 km (1974), and a bronze in the 4 x 5 km (1982).
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Olympic champions in women's cross country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay |
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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 |
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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 |
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