Klavdiya Boyarskikh

Klavdiya Boyarskikh

Klavdiya Boyarskikh on a 2013 Russian stamp from the series "Sports Legends"
Personal information
Born	11 November 1939 Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Died	12 December 2009 (aged 70) Yekaterinburg, Russia
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Cross-country skiing
Club	Trud Sverdlovsk
Medal record Competitor for  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1964 Innsbruck 5 km 1964 Innsbruck 10 km 1964 innsbruck 3×5 km World Championships 1966 Oslo 10 km 1966 Oslo 3×5 km 1966 Oslo 5 km

Klavdiya Sergeyevna Boyarskikh (Russian: Клавдия Сергеевна Боярских; 11 November 1939 – 12 December 2009) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed in the 1960s.

In 1964, Boyarskikh won her first Soviet titles, in the 5 km and relay, and was selected for the Olympic Games. There she ran the fastest leg of the 3×5 km relay, and became the first female cross-country skier to win all Olympic events. In 1966, she won two more national titles, in the 5 and 10 km, as well as two world titles. Next year she had her last two national victories, in the 5 km and relay. She also won three times at the Holmenkollen ski festival with two wins in 10 km (1965, 1966) and one win in the 5 km (1967). Boyarskikh retired in 1968 and until her death worked as a skiing coach with Lokomotiv Sverdlovsk. Since 1970, the annual Klavdiya Boyarskikh Cup in cross-country skiing is held in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg).

References

• Klavdiya Boyarskikh at the International Ski Federation
• Klavdiya Boyarskikh. sports-reference.com
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)