Yevdokiya Panteleyevna Mekshilo (russian: Евдокия Пантелеевна Мекшило) (23 March 1931 – 16 January 2013) was a female

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

cross-country skier who competed in the 1960s for Armed Forces sports society. At the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

, she won a gold in the 3 × 5 km relay and a silver in the 10 km event. She was born in

Gorno-Altaysk Gorno-Altaysk (russian: Го́рно-Алта́йск, a=Горно-Алтайск.ogg, r=Gorno-Altaysk, p=ˈgornə ɐlˈtajsk; ; historically, pre-1932: Ulala) is the capital town of the Altai Republic, Russia. The population stands at around ...

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* * * 1931 births 2013 deaths Soviet female cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of the Soviet Union Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Armed Forces sports society athletes Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics {{USSR-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stubMEKS