Anfisa Anatolyevna Reztsova (russian: Анфиса Анатольевна Резцова, née Romanova, Романова; born 16 December 1964) is a former

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and

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and cross-country skier who competed in both sports from 1985 to 2000.

Career

In Soviet times, she trained at

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. She earned a total of five medals in the

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, including three golds (1988: cross country 4 × 5 km relay, 1992: biathlon 7.5 km, 1994: biathlon 4 × 7.5 km relay), one silver (1988: cross country 20 km), and one bronze (1992: biathlon 3 × 7.5 km relay). She is notable for performing the feat of being the only person to win Olympic gold medals in both cross-country skiing and biathlon. She is one of the few sportspersons to win gold at three consecutive Olympics under three different flags, the first being the

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in 1988, the second – Unified Team in 1992, and the third being the

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in 1994. Reztsova also found success at the

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, earning three golds (4 × 5 km relay: 1985, 1987, 1999) and two silvers (1987: 5 km, 20 km). She also won one cross-country World Cup and seven biathlon World Cups in her career. She lives in

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. She is the mother of biathletes

Daria Virolaynen Daria Leonidovna Virolaynen, née Reztsova, (russian: Дарья Леонидовна Виролайнен, fi, Darja Leonidovna Virolainen; born 24 January 1989) is a Russian biathlete. Career Virolaynen was born in Moscow. Her mother is biathl ...

and

Kristina Reztsova Kristina Leonidovna Reztsova (russian: Кристина Леонидовна Резцова, born 27 April 1996) is a Russian biathlete. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, representing the Russia Olympic Committee, she won a bronze medal as part of the ...

. In an interview with a Russian sports website in 2020, she admitted having used illegal performance-enhancing drugs at the end of her career. During the

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, Norwegian biathlon athletes wanted Russian athletes to be excluded from international competitions. This made Reztsova claim that Russian athletes would always be better than the Norwegians, claim that Norwegians just wanted to get rid of competitors, and liken Norwegians with "discusting cockroaches"."Russere i strupen på norske skiskyttere: -Som ekle kakerlakker"
(Norwegian; "Russians attacking Norwegian biathlon athletes: - Like disgusting cockroaches"), VG, 6 January 2023

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

* 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)

World Championships

* 5 medals – (3 gold, 2 silver)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*10 podiums

Team podiums

* 8 victories * 11 podiums Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the

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, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

* at the International Biathlon Union * . Birth date listed as December 6, 1964.
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