Lyubov Sergeyevna Zabolotskaya (russian: Любо́вь Серге́евна Заболо́тская; born April 2, 1956, in the village of Sardyk of

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) is a former

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who competed during the early 1980s, being a member of the Soviet Team between 1978 and 1985. She won a silver medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the

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. As a senior skier she competed for "Zenith" club of

Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...

. She joined

national team in 1978 at VI USSR National Winter Games (russian: Зимняя спартакиада народов СССР). She never won gold of the Soviet National Championship, but she was the second in a 30 km race at the 1984 Soviet National Championship; several times she won bronze in 5 km and 10 km races in at 1981 and 1983. She was the absolute winner at Winter

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in 1981 and 1983. Zabolotskaya was also the winner of the 45th Prazdnik Severa (russian: Праздник Севера) in

Murmansk Murmansk (Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. "Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ'') i ...

Since 1987 she works as a coach of the cross-country ski tea

of the

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT; russian: Московский Физико-Технический институт, also known as PhysTech), is a public research university located in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It prepares speciali ...

Cross-country skiing results

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

World Championships

* 1 medal – (1 silver)

World Cup

Season standings

Team podiums

* 1 podium Note: Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

External links

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World Championship results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zabolotskaya, Lyubov Sergeyevna Russian female cross-country skiers Soviet female cross-country skiers Academic staff of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Living people FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Winter World University Games medalists in cross-country skiing FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Competitors at the 1983 Winter Universiade 1952 births