Klavdiya Boyarskikh

Klavdiya Boyarskikh

Klavdiya Boyarskikh on a 2013 Russian stamp from the series "Sports Legends"
Personal information
Born	11 November 1939 Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Died	12 December 2009 (aged 70) Yekaterinburg, Russia
Height	159 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Cross-country skiing
Club	Trud Sverdlovsk
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1964 Innsbruck 5 km 1964 Innsbruck 10 km 1964 innsbruck 3×5 km World Championships 1966 Oslo 10 km 1966 Oslo 3×5 km 1966 Oslo 5 km

Klavdiya Sergeyevna Boyarskikh (Russian: Клавдия Сергеевна Боярских; 11 November 1939 – 12 December 2009) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed in the 1960s.

In 1964, Boyarskikh won her first Soviet titles, in the 5 km and relay, and was selected for the Olympic Games. There she ran the fastest leg of the 3×5 km relay, and became the first female cross-country skier to win all Olympic events. In 1966, she won two more national titles, in the 5 and 10 km, as well as two world titles. Next year she had her last two national victories, in the 5 km and relay. She also won three times at the Holmenkollen ski festival with two wins in 10 km (1965, 1966) and one win in the 5 km (1967). Boyarskikh retired in 1968 and until her death worked as a skiing coach with Lokomotiv Sverdlovsk. Since 1970, the annual Klavdiya Boyarskikh Cup in cross-country skiing is held in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg).

References

• Klavdiya Boyarskikh at the International Ski Federation
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Klavdiya Boyarskikh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-02-24) – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)