Career
Her only World Cup victory was in a 10 km event in Yugoslavia in 1987. She was awarded.
Her only World Cup victory was in a 10 km event in Yugoslavia in 1987. She was awarded.
She represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, where she won three medals with golds in the 20 km and the 4×5 km relay, and a silver in the 5 km. Tikhonova also won five medals for the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two golds (4×5 km: 1985, 1991), one silver (4×5 km: 1989), and two bronzes (10 km: 1989, 1991).
