Yuliya Mikhailovna Shamshurina (russian: Ю́лия Михаловна Шамшу́рина, née Stepanova; born July 16, 1962) is a

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who competed from 1982 to 1989, training at VSS Urozhay in Ustinov. She won a silver medal in the 4x5 km at the

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and had her best individual finish of fourth in the 10 km event at those same championships. At the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

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, Shamshurina (then known as Yuliya Stepanova), she finished fourth in the 4 × 5 km relay and had her best individual finish of eighth in the 10 km event. Her lone career victory was in a 10 km event in

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in 1988.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

World Championships

* 1 medal – (1 silver)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*1 victory *1 podium

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
Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Russian female cross-country skiers Soviet female cross-country skiers Living people 1962 births FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing {{USSR-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub