Larisa Lazutina

Medal record
Women's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Gold 1992 Albertville 4 x 5 km
Gold 1994 Lillehammer 4 x 5 km
Gold 1998 Nagano 4 x 5 km
Gold 1998 Nagano 5 km
Gold 1998 Nagano 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit
Silver 1998 Nagano 15 km
Bronze 1998 Nagano 30 km freestyle
Disqualified 2002 Salt Lake City 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit
Disqualified 2002 Salt Lake City 15 km
Disqualified 2002 Salt Lake City 30 km
World Championships
Gold 1987 Oberstdorf 4 x 5 km
Gold 1993 Falun 5 km
Gold 1993 Falun 4 x 5 km
Gold 1995 Thunder Bay 5 km
Gold 1995 Thunder Bay 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit
Gold 1995 Thunder Bay 15 km
Gold 1995 Thunder Bay 4 x 5 km
Gold 1997 Trondheim 4 x 5 km
Gold 1999 Ramsau 30 km
Gold 1999 Ramsau 4 x 5 km
Gold 2001 Lahti 4 x 5 km
Silver 1993 Falun 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit
Bronze 1987 Oberstdorf 20 km
Bronze 2001 Lahti 10 km

Larisa Evgenevna Lazutina (Russian: Лариса Евгеньевна Лазутина; born Larisa Ptitsyna (Russian: Лариса Птицына) on June 1, 1965 in Kondopoga, Karelian ASSR) is a former professional cross country skier who competed for Russia during several Winter Olympic Games. In the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, she won five medals in skiing events: three gold, a silver and a bronze. She was the most successful athlete at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Upon her return from the Olympics, Boris Yeltsin awarded her the title Hero of the Russian Federation[1]. However, Lazutina was banned from competition for a period of 2 years due to a positive drug test result during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Before the drug test controversy in 2002 ended her career, Lazutina earned several medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. She won a total of fourteen medals, including eleven golds (5 km: (1993, 1995, 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit: 1995, 15 km: 1995, 30 km: 1999, and 4 x 5 km: 1987, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001), one silver (5 km + 10 km combined pursuit: 1993), and two bronzes (20 km: 1987 (As Larissa Ptitsyna) and 10 km: 2001). She was also the first three-time winner of the women's 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival (1995, 1998, and 2001).

Lazutina was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1998 (shared with Fred Børre Lundberg, Alexey Prokurorov, and Harri Kirvesniemi).

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1964: Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS) * 1968: Toini Gustafsson (SWE) * 1972: Galina Kulakova (URS) * 1976: Helena Takalo (FIN) * 1980: Raisa Smetanina (URS) * 1984: Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen (FIN) * 1988: Marjo Matikainen-Kallström (FIN) * 1992: Marjut Lukkarinen (FIN) * 1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS) * 1998: Larisa Lazutina (RUS)
5 km + 10 km combined
1992: Lyubov Yegorova (EUN) * 1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS) * 1998: Larisa Lazutina (RUS)
5 km + 5 km combined
2002: Beckie Scott (CAN)
7.5 km + 7.5 km double
2006: Kristina Šmigun (EST) * 2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
3 x 5 km
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-Masalkina, Larisa Kurkina, Yuliya Chepalova & Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova) * 2010: Norway (Vibeke Skofterud, Therese Johaug, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen)
1962: Alevtina Kolchina (URS) * 1966: Alevtina Kolchina (URS) * 1970: Galina Kulakova (URS) * 1974: Galina Kulakova (URS) * 1978: Helena Takalo (FIN) * 1982: Berit Aunli (NOR) * 1985: Anette Bøe (NOR) * 1987: Marjo Matikainen (FIN) * 1991: Trude Dybendahl (NOR) * 1993: Larisa Lazutina (RUS) * 1995: Larisa Lazutina (RUS) * 1997: Yelena Välbe (RUS) * 1999: Bente Martinsen (NOR)
5 km + 10 km combined
1993: Stefania Belmondo (ITA) * 1995: Larisa Lazutina (RUS) * 1997: Yelena Välbe (RUS) & Stefania Belmondo (ITA) * 1999: Stefania Belmondo (ITA)
5 km + 5 km combined
2001: Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
5 km + 5 km double
2003: Kristina Šmigun (EST)
7.5 km + 7.5 km double
2005: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) * 2007: Olga Zavyalova (RUS) * 2009: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) * 2011: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
1989: Marjo Matikainen (FIN) * 1991: Yelena Välbe (URS) * 1993: Yelena Välbe (RUS) * 1995: Larisa Lazutina (RUS) * 1997: Yelena Välbe (RUS) * 1999: Stefania Belmondo (ITA) * 2001: Bente Skari (NOR) * 2003: Bente Skari (NOR)
20 km
1978: Zinaida Amosova (URS) * 1980: Veronika Hesse (GDR) * 1982: Raisa Smetanina (URS) * 1985: Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR) * 1987: Marie-Helene Westin (SWE)
30 km
1989: Yelena Välbe (URS) * 1991: Lyubov Yegorova (URS) * 1993: Stefania Belmondo (ITA) * 1995: Yelena Välbe (RUS) * 1997: Yelena Välbe (RUS) * 1999: Larisa Lazutina (RUS) * 2001: cancelled * 2003: Olga Zavyalova (URS) * 2005: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) * 2007: Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) * 2009: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) * 2011: Therese Johaug (NOR)
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) · 2009: Finland (Pirjo Muranen, Virpi Kuitunen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen & Aino-Kaisa Saarinen) · 2011: Norway (Vibeke Skofterud, Therese Johaug, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen) ·