Maria Gusakova

Maria Ivanovna Gussakowa (Russian Мария Ивановна Гусакова; born February 2, 1931 in Timoschkino, Ryazan Oblast ) is a former Russian cross-country skier who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s.

At the Olympic Winter Games in 1960 in Squaw Valley, she won over 10 miles up the gold medal, with the Russian season they won silver. Four years later she was with the bronze medal in Innsbruck complete her collection of medals at the Olympic Games when she finished in third place with the Russian squadron. Three more medals ( one each of gold, silver and bronze) she won at the World Championships in 1962.

Achievements

  • Olympic Winter Games in 1960 in Squaw Valley: Gold over 10 km, silver team
  • Olympic Winter Games 1964 in Innsbruck: bronze team
  • Nordic World Ski Championships 1962 in Zakopane: Gold in the relay, silver over 10 km, bronze over 5 km
1960 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962 List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Lydia Wideman Toini Gustafsson Galina Kulakova Raisa Smetanina Charlotte Kalla Justyna Kowalczyk List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing Berit Aunli Anne Jahren Stefania Belmondo Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Yevdokiya Mekshilo Babben Enger-Damon Hilkka Riihivuori Marlies Rostock Carola Anding Britt Pettersen Tamara Tikhonova Lyubov Yegorova Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Heidi Weng
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