Olga Shevchenko is a Russian

ski-orienteering Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing endurance Winter sport, winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines Sport governing body, recognized by the International Orienteering Federation, ...

competitor Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indivi ...

and world champion. She won a gold medal in the ''relay event'' at the

World Ski Orienteering Championships The World Ski Orienteering Championships (Ski-WOC) is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in ski orienteering. The World Championships is organized every odd year. The programme includes Sprint, Middle and Long Distance compe ...

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in 2007, together with

Natalia Tomilova Natalia Tomilova (born October 10, 1977) is a Russian ski-orienteering competitor and winner of the overall world cup, who was suspended for two years for doping. Biography She received a bronze medal in the ''long course'' at the 2004 ...

and

Tatiana Vlasova Tatiana Germanovna Vlasova (russian: Татьяна Германовна Власова; born 21 May 1977) is a Russian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion. She received nine gold medals at the World Ski Orientee ...

.World Ski Orienteering Championships
– ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on 28 October 2008) She received a bronze medal in the ''long distance'' in

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in 2005. She finished third in the overall

World Cup in Ski Orienteering The World Cup in Ski Orienteering is a series of ski-orienteering competitions organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first official World Cup was held in 1989, then every second year up to 1999, and then in 2000, 2001, 2003, ...

in 2007/2008, behind Tatiana Vlasova

Liisa Anttila Liisa Anttila (born 30 September 1974) is a Finnish orienteering and ski-orienteering champion. Orienteering Anttila won a gold medal in the ''relay event'' at the 2001 World Orienteering Championships in Tampere with the Finnish team.

.World Cup in Ski Orienteering
– ''IOF'' (Retrieved on 28 October 2008)

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