Antonina Ordina (russian: Антонина Ордина) (born 24 January 1962 in

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) is a former

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cross-country skier who competed at international level from 1985 to 2002. In Soviet time she trained at

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in Kalinin. She won three medals at the

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, with a gold in the 4 × 5 km relay (1987 and bronzes in the 30 km and the 4 × 5 km relay (both 1995). Ordina's best individual finish at the

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was seventh in the 15 km event at Lillehammer in

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. She also has nineteen victories at various levels in various distances from 1992 to 2002. She became a Swedish citizen in 1994. She graduated from the Swedish Police Academy in 2007 and works as a police officer in Karlstad,

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Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

World Championships

* 3 medals – (1 gold, 2 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*8 podiums

Team podiums

* 2 victories * 5 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

External links

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World Championship results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ordina, Antonina 1962 births Living people Swedish female cross-country skiers Soviet female cross-country skiers Dynamo sports society athletes Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Russian emigrants to Sweden People from Naryan-Mar FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Olympic cross-country skiers of Sweden Naturalized citizens of Sweden Swedish police officers Sportspeople from Nenets Autonomous Okrug