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Soviet cross-country skier (1930–2022)
Alevtina Pavlovna Kolchina (
Russian : Алевти́на Па́вловна Ко́лчина alternate spelling: Alevtina Koltsjina ; 11 November 1930 – 1 March 2022) was a
Soviet
cross-country skier who competed during the 1950s and 1960s for
Burevestnik and later for
Dynamo sports societies. She competed in four
Winter Olympics , earning a total of five medals. Kolchina also competed several times at the
Holmenkollen ski festival , winning three times at 10 km (1961–1963) and once at 5 km (1966).
[2]
Personal life and death
Kolchina was born in the village of Pavlovsk,
Ochyorsky District ,
Perm Oblast , and took up skiing at the age of 13.
[1] She was married to four-time Olympic cross country medalist
Pavel Kolchin until his death in 2010. In 1973, the family moved to
Otepää , where Kolchins worked as national cross-country ski coaches, functionaries and consultants. Their son
Fjodor Koltšin placed 15th in the
Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics , competing for
the Soviet Union (
Estonia
restored its independence in 1991 .).
[1]
[2]
[3]
Kolchina died on 1 March 2022, at the age of 91.
[4]
Career
Kolchina's biggest success was at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships , where she won three medals in 10 km (golds in 1958 and 1962, silver in 1966), three medals in the 3×5 km relay (golds in 1958, 1962, and 1966), and two medals in 5 km (golds in 1962 and 1966).
[2] Kolchina also was Soviet champion in women's cross country skiing thirteen times in her career.
[5]
For her successes in the world championships and at the Holmenkollen, Kolchina received the
Holmenkollen medal in 1963 (shared with her husband,
Astrid Sandvik , and
Torbjørn Yggeseth ). Kolchina is the third woman, first
Soviet /
Russian , and first female
Nordic skier to ever win the Holmenkollen medal. Kolchina and her husband are the first husband and wife team to ever win the Holmenkollen Medal.
[2]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS) .
[6]
Olympic Games
Five medals – (one gold, one silver, three bronze)
World Championships
8 medals – (7 gold, 1 silver)
Year
Age
5 km
10 km
3 × 5 km relay
1954
23
—
5
—
1958
27
—
Gold
Gold
1962
31
Gold
Gold
Gold
1966
35
Gold
Silver
Gold
References
External links
3 × 5 km
1956 :
Sirkka Polkunen ,
Mirja Hietamies ,
Siiri Rantanen (
FIN )
1960 :
Irma Johansson ,
Britt Strandberg ,
Sonja Edström-Ruthström (
SWE )
1964 :
Alevtina Kolchina ,
Yevdokiya Mekshilo ,
Klavdiya Boyarskikh (
URS )
1968 :
Inger Aufles ,
Babben Enger-Damon ,
Berit Mørdre (
NOR )
1972 :
Lyubov Mukhachyova ,
Alevtina Olyunina ,
Galina Kulakova (
URS )
4 × 5 km
1976 :
Nina Baldycheva ,
Zinaida Amosova ,
Raisa Smetanina ,
Galina Kulakova (
URS )
1980 :
Marlies Rostock ,
Carola Anding ,
Veronika Hesse ,
Barbara Petzold (
GDR )
1984 :
Inger Helene Nybråten ,
Anne Jahren ,
Brit Pettersen ,
Berit Aunli (
NOR )
1988 :
Svetlana Nageykina ,
Nina Gavrylyuk ,
Tamara Tikhonova ,
Anfisa Reztsova (
URS )
1992 :
Yelena Välbe ,
Raisa Smetanina ,
Larisa Lazutina ,
Lyubov Yegorova (
EUN )
1994 :
Yelena Välbe ,
Larisa Lazutina ,
Nina Gavrylyuk ,
Lyubov Yegorova (
RUS )
1998 :
Nina Gavrylyuk ,
Olga Danilova ,
Yelena Välbe ,
Larisa Lazutina (
RUS )
2002 :
Manuela Henkel ,
Viola Bauer ,
Claudia Künzel ,
Evi Sachenbacher (
GER )
2006 :
Natalya Baranova-Masalkina ,
Larisa Kurkina ,
Yuliya Chepalova ,
Yevgeniya Medvedeva (
RUS )
2010 :
Vibeke Skofterud ,
Therese Johaug ,
Kristin Størmer Steira ,
Marit Bjørgen (
NOR )
2014 :
Ida Ingemarsdotter ,
Emma Wikén ,
Anna Haag ,
Charlotte Kalla (
SWE )
2018 :
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg ,
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen ,
Ragnhild Haga ,
Marit Bjørgen (
NOR )
2022 :
Yuliya Stupak ,
Natalya Nepryayeva ,
Tatiana Sorina ,
Veronika Stepanova (
ROC )
3 × 5 km
1954:
Lyubov Kozyreva ,
Margarita Maslennikova ,
Valentina Tsaryova ,
1958:
Radya Yeroshina ,
Alevtina Kolchina ,
Lyubov Kozyreva
1962:
Lyubov Baranova ,
Maria Gusakova ,
Alevtina Kolchina
1966:
Klavdiya Boyarskikh ,
Rita Achkina ,
Alevtina Kolchina
1970:
Nina Baldycheva ,
Galina Kulakova ,
Alevtina Olyunina
4 × 5 km
1974:
Nina Baldycheva ,
Nina Selyunina ,
Raisa Smetanina ,
Galina Kulakova
1978:
Taina Impiö ,
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen ,
Hilkka Riihivuori ,
Helena Takalo
1982:
Anette Bøe ,
Inger Helene Nybråten ,
Berit Aunli ,
Brit Pettersen
1985:
Tamara Tikhonova ,
Raisa Smetanina ,
Liliya Vasilchenko ,
Anfisa Romanova
1987:
Antonina Ordina ,
Nina Gavrylyuk ,
Larisa Ptistyna ,
Anfisa Reztsova
1989:
Pirkko Määttä ,
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi ,
Jaana Savolainen ,
Marjo Matikainen
1991:
Lyubov Yegorova ,
Raisa Smetanina ,
Tamara Tikhonova ,
Yelena Välbe
1993:
Yelena Välbe ,
Larisa Lazutina ,
Nina Gavrylyuk ,
Lyubov Yegorova
1995:
Olga Danilova ,
Yelena Välbe ,
Larisa Lazutina ,
Nina Gavrylyuk
1997:
Olga Danilova ,
Larisa Lazutina ,
Nina Gavrylyuk ,
Yelena Välbe
1999:
Olga Danilova ,
Larisa Lazutina ,
Anfisa Reztsova ,
Nina Gavrylyuk
2001:
Olga Danilova ,
Larisa Lazutina ,
Yuliya Chepalova ,
Nina Gavrylyuk
2003:
Manuela Henkel ,
Viola Bauer ,
Claudia Künzel ,
Evi Sachenbacher
2005:
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Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen ,
Kristin Størmer Steira ,
Marit Bjørgen
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Aino-Kaisa Saarinen ,
Riitta-Liisa Roponen ,
Pirjo Manninen
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Riitta-Liisa Roponen ,
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2011 :
Vibeke Skofterud ,
Therese Johaug ,
Kristin Størmer Steira ,
Marit Bjørgen
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Heidi Weng ,
Therese Johaug ,
Kristin Størmer Steira ,
Marit Bjørgen
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Marit Bjørgen
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