Maria Gusakova

Maria Gusakova
Medal record
Women's cross country skiing
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1960 Squaw Valley 10 km
1960 Squaw Valley 3 x 5 km
1964 Innsbruck 10 km
World Championships
1962 Zakopane 3 x 5 km
1962 Zakopane 10 km
1962 Zakopane 5 km

Maria Ivanovna Gusakova (Russian: Мари́я Ива́новна Гусако́ва; born 2 February 1931 in the village of Timoshkino, Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast) is 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.

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