Natalya Ivanova Baranova-Masalkina (russian: Наталья Ивановна Баранова-Масалкина); born February 25, 1975 in
Krivosheino,
Tomsk Oblast
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cross-country skier who has competed from 1994 to 2006. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the
2006 Winter Olympics
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in
Turin
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Baranova-Masalkina won two medals at the
2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
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with a silver in the 4 × 5 km relay and a bronze in the 30 km. She also has three individual victories at various levels from 1995 to 2004.
Doping case
Baranova-Masalkina tested positive for
EPO in a
WADA pre-Games control for the
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...
. She was ejected from the Olympic village after the positive was announced, and was subsequently handed a two-year ban from sports by the
International Ski Federation
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Olympic cheaters – an update
Vermont Sports, 1 July 2002
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
* 1 medal – (1 gold)
World Championships
* 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)
World Cup
Season standings
Individual podiums
*3 podiums
Team podiums
* 4 victories
* 14 podiums
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
Doping cases in cross-country skiing
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
People from Tomsk Oblast
Russian female cross-country skiers
Olympic gold medalists for Russia
Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic cross-country skiers of Russia
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Tomsk State Pedagogical University alumni
Academic staff of Tomsk State Pedagogical University
21st-century Russian women
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