Career
She was born in the settlement of Bugry, Vsevolozhsky District, Leningrad Oblast and died in Moscow.
She was born in the settlement of Bugry, Vsevolozhsky District, Leningrad Oblast and died in Moscow.
She won four Winter Olympic medals with a gold in the 10 km (1956) and silvers in the 10 km (1960) and the 3x5 km Relay (1956, 1960). She also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1955, becoming the first Soviet athlete to win at the Holmenkollen. Her biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships where she won six medals, including four golds (10 km: 1954, 3x5 km: 1954, 1958, 1962) and two silvers (10 km: 1958, 5 km: 1962).
