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Soviet cross-country skier
Galina Kulakova
Kulakova at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Country
Soviet Union Full name Galina Alexeyevna Kulakova Born (1942-04-29 ) 29 April 1942 (age 82) Logachi,
Udmurtia ,
Russian SFSR ,
Soviet Union Ski club Trud Prokofyevsk Trud Izhevsk Seasons 1 – (
1982 ) Starts 3 Podiums 0 Overall titles 0 – (22nd in
1982 )
Galina Alexeyevna Kulakova (
Russian : Галина Алексеевна Кулакова , born 29 April 1942) is a
Soviet -
Russian former
cross-country skier , arguably the best skier on distances shorter than 10 km in the early 1970s. She won four
Olympic golds, two individual in
1972 and two relay golds in
1972 and
1976 . She was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Winter Olympics, along with
Ard Schenk of the Netherlands. Competing in the
World Championships , she won three individual golds, two in 1974 and one in 1970, and also two relay golds in those years. Kulakova also won the 10 km event at the
Holmenkollen ski festival in 1970 and 1979. Galina Kulakova was also 39 times Champion of the USSR between 1969 and 1981.
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For her achievements she was awarded the
Order of Lenin and the Order of the Badge of Honour . She was also awarded the silver Olympic Order in 1984 by the
International Olympic Committee President
Juan Antonio Samaranch . Galina Kulakova ended her sports career in 1982.
Drug controversy
At the
1976 Winter Olympics in
Innsbruck , Kulakova finished third in the 5 km event, but was disqualified due to a positive test for banned substance
ephedrine . She claimed that this was a result of using the nasal spray that contained the substance. Both the
International Ski Federation and the
International Olympic Committee allowed her to compete in the 10 km and the 4 × 5 km relay.
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Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS) .
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Olympic Games
8 medals – (4 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
World Championships
10 medals – (5 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
Year
Age
5 km
10 km
20 km
3/4 × 5 km relay
1970
27
Gold
Bronze
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Gold
1974
31
Gold
Gold
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Gold
1978
35
4
4
Silver
Bronze
1980
37
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—
Silver
—
1982
39
13
10
5
Silver
World Cup
Season standings
Season
Age
Overall
1982
39
22
Team podiums
See also
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:
Vibeke Skofterud ,
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen ,
Kristin Størmer Steira ,
Marit Bjørgen
2007:
Virpi Kuitunen ,
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen ,
Riitta-Liisa Roponen ,
Pirjo Manninen
2009 :
Pirjo Muranen ,
Virpi Kuitunen ,
Riitta-Liisa Roponen ,
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2011 :
Vibeke Skofterud ,
Therese Johaug ,
Kristin Størmer Steira ,
Marit Bjørgen
2013 :
Heidi Weng ,
Therese Johaug ,
Kristin Størmer Steira ,
Marit Bjørgen
2015 :
Heidi Weng ,
Therese Johaug ,
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen ,
Marit Bjørgen
2017 :
Maiken Caspersen Falla ,
Heidi Weng ,
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen ,
Marit Bjørgen
2019 :
Ebba Andersson ,
Frida Karlsson ,
Charlotte Kalla ,
Stina Nilsson
2021 :
Tiril Udnes Weng ,
Heidi Weng ,
Therese Johaug ,
Helene Marie Fossesholm
2023 :
Tiril Udnes Weng ,
Astrid Øyre Slind ,
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg ,
Anne Kjersti Kalvå