Raisa Smetanina

Raisa Smetanina
	Smetanina on a 2013 Russian coin
Personal information
Born	29 February 1952 (age 66); Mokhcha, Komi ASSR, Russia
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport	Cross country skiing
Club	VSS Urozhay, Syktyvkar.
Women's cross country skiing
Representing Unified Team
Olympic Games
Representing Soviet Union
Olympic Games
World Championships

Raisa Petrovna Smetanina (Russian: Раиса Петровна Сметанина; born 29 February 1952) is a former Soviet/Russian cross-country skiing champion. Smetanina is an ethnic Komi. She is the first woman in history to win ten Winter Olympic medals (Stefania Belmondo being the second, Marit Bjørgen the third, and Ireen Wüst the fourth). Smetanina took part in five Olympics, representing the USSR team four times and the Unified Team once. In particular, Smetanina won two gold and one silver medals at the 1976 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there, along with Rosi Mittermaier of West Germany.^[1]

In the 1992 Winter Olympics, at the age of thirty-nine, Smetanina won a further gold medal competing for the Unified Team in the 4×5 km, becoming the first woman to win ten Winter Olympic medals and at that time the oldest woman to win a Winter Olympic gold.

Smetanina also had successes at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning four golds (20 km (1982), and 4×5 km (1974, 1985, and 1991), four silvers (10 km (1978), 20 km (1978), and 4×5 km (1982, 1989)), and four bronzes (4×5 km (1978), 5 km (1974, 1978), and 20 km (1980)). She also won three times at the Holmenkollen ski festival, once in the 10 km (1975) and twice in the 5 km (1975 and 1979).

In 1979, Smetanina received the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Erik Håker and Ingemar Stenmark).^[1] She was also awarded Order of Friendship of Peoples (1984).^[2]

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[3]

Individual podiums

3 victories
16 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	1981–82	16 March 2008	Oslo, Norway	20 km Individual	World Championships^[1]	1st
2	1982–83	5 March 1983	Lahti, Finland	5 km Individual	World Cup	2nd
3	1983–84	9 February 1984	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	10 km Individual	Olympic Games^[1]	2nd
4		18 February 1984	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	20 km Individual	Olympic Games^[1]	2nd
5		25 February 1984	Falun, Sweden	10 km Individual	World Cup	1st
6		3 March 1984	Lahti, Finland	5 km Individual	World Cup	2nd
7		8 March 1984	Oslo, Norway	20 km Individual	World Cup	3rd
8		24 March 1984	Murmansk, Soviet Union	10 km Individual	World Cup	2nd
9	1984–85	23 February 1985	Syktyvkar, Soviet Union	20 km Individual	World Cup	1st
10	1985–86	15 February 1986	Oberstdorf, West Germany	20 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
11	1985–86	22 February 1986	Kavgolovo, Soviet Union	10 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
12	1986–87	21 March 1987	Oslo, Norway	20 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
13	1987–88	19 December 1987	Reit im Winkl, Yugoslavia	5 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
14		14 February 1988	Calgary, Canada	10 km Individual C	Olympic Games^[1]	2nd
15		25 February 1988	Calgary, Canada	20 km Individual F	Olympic Games^[1]	3rd
16	1989–90	14 January 1990	Moscow, Soviet Union	7.5 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd

Team podiums

3 victories
9 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammate(s)
1	1981–82	24 February 1982	Oslo, Norway	4 x 5 km Relay	World Championships^[1]	2nd	Lyadova / Zabolotskaya / Kulakova
2	1983–84	26 February 1984	Falun, Sweden	4 x 5 km Relay	World Cup	3rd	Markashanskaya / Zimyatova / Burlakova
3	1984–85	22 January 1985	Seefeld, Austria	4 x 5 km Relay	World Championships^[1]	1st	Tikhonova / Vasilchenko / Reztsova
4	1988–89	22 February 1989	Lahti, Finland	4 x 5 km Relay M	World Championships^[1]	2nd	Shamshurina / Tikhonova / Välbe
5	1988–89	12 March 1989	Falun, Sweden	4 x 5 km Relay C	World Cup	2nd	Lazutina / Tikhonova / Välbe
6	1989–90	4 March 1990	Lahti, Finland	4 x 5 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Nageykina / Yegorova / Lazutina
7	1990–91	15 February 1991	Val di Fiemme, Italy	4 x 5 km Relay M	World Championships^[1]	1st	Yegorova / Tikhonova / Välbe
8	1990–91	15 March 1991	Oslo, Norway	4 x 5 km Relay M	World Cup	2nd	Nageykina / Tikhonova / Välbe
9	1991–92	18 February 1992	Albertville, France	4 x 5 km Relay M	Olympic Games^[1]	1st	Välbe / Lazutina / Yegorova

Note: ¹ Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Raisa Smetanina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
↑ Panorama of the 1984 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Physical Culture and Sports publisher. 1985. p. 38.
↑ "Athlete : SMETANINA Raissa". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

External links

Raissa Smetanina at the International Ski Federation
Holmenkollen medalists – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)

Records
Preceded by Herself	Athlete with the most medals at Winter Olympics 14 February 1998 – 17 February 1998 With: Bjørn Dæhlie	Succeeded by Bjørn Dæhlie
Preceded by Herself with Sixten Jernberg	Athlete with the most medals at Winter Olympics 17 February 1992 – 14 February 1998	Succeeded by Herself with Bjørn Dæhlie
Preceded by Sixten Jernberg	Athlete with the most medals at Winter Olympics 25 February 1988 – 17 February 1992 With: Sixten Jernberg	Succeeded by Herself

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[sr-1] 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Raisa Smetanina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.

[2] Panorama of the 1984 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Physical Culture and Sports publisher. 1985. p. 38.

[FISprofile-3] "Athlete : SMETANINA Raissa". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

[1]

Holmenkollen Medal
Until 1900	1895: Viktor Thorn (NOR) 1897: Asbjørn Nilssen (NOR) 1899: Paul Braaten (NOR), Robert Pehrson (NOR)
1900–1950	1901: Aksel Refstad (NOR) 1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR) 1904: Harald Smith (NOR) 1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR) 1907: Per Bakken 1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR) 1909: Thorvald Hansen 1910: Lauritz Bergendahl 1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR) 1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR) 1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR) 1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR) 1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR) 1918: Hassa Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR) 1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR) 1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR) 1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1925: Einar Landvik (NOR) 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams 1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR) 1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR) 1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR) 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR) 1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR) 1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR) 1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR) 1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR) 1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR) 1947: Elling Rønes (NOR) 1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR) 1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR) 1950: Olav Økern (NOR)
1951–2000	1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR) 1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE) 1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR) 1954: Martin Stokken (NOR) 1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR) 1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR) 1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN) 1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR) 1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR) 1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR) 1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR) 1962: Toralf Engan (NOR) 1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR) 1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR) 1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR) 1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) 1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) 1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR) 1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR) 1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR) 1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR) 1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG) 1974: Juha Mieto (FIN) 1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR) 1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) 1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI) 1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS) 1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) 1981: Johan Sætre (NOR) 1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR) 1984: Lars Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT) 1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE) 1986: Brit Pettersen (NOR) 1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG) 1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER) 1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR) 1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR) 1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) 1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA) 1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
Since 2001	2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER) 2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) 2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI) 2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2011: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER), Janne Ahonen (FIN) 2012: Magdalena Neuner (GER), Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (FRA), Therese Johaug (NOR), Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 2014: Magnus Moan (NOR), Eric Frenzel (GER), Thomas Morgenstern (AUT), Darya Domracheva (BLR) 2015: Eldar Rønning (NOR), Anders Bardal (NOR), Anette Sagen (NOR), Kamil Stoch (POL) 2016: Noriaki Kasai (JPN), Tarjei Bø (NOR) 2017: Marie Dorin-Habert (FRA), Sara Takanashi (JPN) 2018: Charlotte Kalla (SWE), Princess Astrid (NOR), Hannu Manninen (FIN), Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)