Radya Nikolayevna Yeroshina (russian: Радья Николаевна Ерошина; 17 September 1930 – 23 September 2012) was a

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cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s and 1960s, training at Lokomotiv in

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. She won four Winter Olympic medals with three silvers in the 10 km (1956 and the 3 × 5 km relay (1956,

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) and a bronze in the 10 km (

). She also won the 10 km event at the

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in 1958.Holmenkollen winners since 1892
Yeroshina also won two medals at the

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with a gold in the 3 × 5 km relay (1958) and a bronze in the 10 km (1962).

Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

*4 medals – (3 silver, 1 bronze)

World Championships

* 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)

References

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* * 1930 births 2012 deaths Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Olympic cross-country skiers of the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Russian female cross-country skiers Soviet female cross-country skiers Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics {{USSR-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub