Maria Gusakova

Maria Ivanovna Gusakova (Russian: Мари́я Ива́новна Гусако́ва; born 2 February 1931 in the village of Timoshkino, Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast) is a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s for VSS Spartak. She won a complete set Winter Olympic medals with a gold in the 10 km (1960), a silver in the 3 × 5 km relay (1960) and a bronze in the 10 km (1964).

Maria Gusakova
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1960 Squaw Valley 10 km
1960 Squaw Valley 3 × 5 km relay
1964 Innsbruck 10 km
World Championships
1962 Zakopane 3 × 5 km relay
1962 Zakopane 10 km
1962 Zakopane 5 km

Gusakova also earned a complete set of medals at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 3 × 5 km relay, a silver in the 10 km, and a bronze in the 5 km.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games

  • 3 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km  3 × 5 km 
 relay 
196029N/AGoldSilver
196433Bronze

World Championships

  • 3 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km  10 km  3 × 5 km 
 relay 
195827N/A6
196231BronzeSilverGold

References

  1. "GUSAKOVA Maria". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.


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