Alevtina Sergeyevna Olyunina (russian: Алевти́на Серге́евна Олю́нина; born 15 August 1942 in Pchyolkino,

Kostroma Oblast Kostroma Oblast (russian: Костромска́я о́бласть, ''Kostromskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma and its population as of the 2021 Census is 580,97 ...

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) is a female

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former cross-country skier who competed during the early 1970s for Trud Voluntary Sports Society. She won two medals at the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...

Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...

with a gold in the 3 × 5 km relay and a silver in the 10 km. Olyunina also won two medals at the

1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1970 took place 14–22 February 1970 in Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia (present-day Slovakia). This was the second time this city hosted the event having done so in 1935. It was the first time an event was tel ...

with golds both in the 10 km and the 3 × 5 km relay events.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

* 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)

World Championships

* 2 medals – (2 gold)

References

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* * * 1942 births Living people People from Kostroma Oblast Soviet female cross-country skiers Russian female cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics Universiade medalists in cross-country skiing Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union Competitors at the 1970 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from Kostroma Oblast {{Russia-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub