Ljubov Kozyreva
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| Medal record | |||
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| Women's cross country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 10 km | |
| Silver | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 3 x 5 km | |
| Silver | 1960 Squaw Valley | 10 km | |
| Silver | 1960 Squaw Valley | 3 x 5 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1954 Falun | 10 km | |
| Gold | 1954 Falun | 3 x 5 km | |
| Gold | 1958 Lahti | 3 x 5 km | |
| Gold | 1962 Zakopane | 3 x 5 km | |
| Silver | 1958 Lahti | 10 km | |
| Silver | 1962 Zakopane | 5 km | |
Ljubov Vladimirovna Kozyreva (Russian: Любовь Владимировна Козырева) (Ljubov Baranova from 1960 onwards) (born August 27, 1929 in settlement Bugry, Vsevolozhsky District, Leningrad Oblast) was a former Soviet cross country skier who competed in the 1950's and 1960's for VSS Burevestnik.
She won four Winter Olympic medals with a gold in the 10 km (1956) and silvers in the 10 km (1960 and the 3 x 5 km Relay (1956, 1960). She also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1955, becoming the first Soviet athlete to win at the Holmenkollen.
Her biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships where she won six medals, including four golds (10km: 1954, 3 x 5 km: 1954, 1958, 1962) and two silvers (10 km: 1958, 5 km: 1962).
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| Olympic champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing |
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1952: Lydia Wideman | 1956: Ljubov Kozyreva | 1960: Maria Gusakova | 1964: Klavdija Bojarskikh | 1968: Toini Gustafsson | 1972: Galina Kulakova | 1976: Raisa Smetanina | 1980: Barbara Petzold | 1984: Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 1988: Vida Vencienė | 2002: Bente Skari | 2006: Kristina Šmigun |
| World champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing |
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1954: Ljubov Kozyreva | 1958: Alevtina Kolchina | 1962: Alevtina Kolchina | 1966: Klavdija Bojarskikh | 1970: Alevtina Olyunina | 1974: Galina Kulakova | 1978: Zinaida Amosova | 1982: Berit Aunli | 1985: Anette Bøe | 1987: Anne Jahren | 1989 classical: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | 1989 freestyle: Yelena Välbe | 1991: Yelena Välbe | 2001: Bente Skari | 2003: Bente Skari | 2005: Kateřina Neumannová |
Categories: 1929 births | Burevestnik athletes | Competitors at the 1956 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 1960 Winter Olympics | Holmenkollen winners | Olympic cross-country skiers of the Soviet Union | Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union | Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union | Soviet cross-country skiers
