Radia Yeroshina
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's cross country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 1960 Squaw Valley | 10 km | |
| Silver | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 3 x 5 km | |
| Silver | 1960 Squaw Valley | 3 x 5 km | |
| Bronze | 1960 Squaw Valley | 10 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1958 Lahti | 3 x 5 km | |
| Bronze | 1962 Zakopane | 10 km | |
Radia Nikolaevna Yeroshina (Russian: Радья Николаевна Ерошина) (born in 1930) was a former Soviet cross country skier who competed in the 1950's and 1960's, training at Lokomotiv in Moscow.
She won four Winter Olympic medals with three silvers in the 10 km (1956 and the 3 x 5 km (1956, 1960) and a bronze in the 10 km (1960). She also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1958.
Yeroshina also won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 3 x 5 km (1958) and a bronze in the 10 km (1962). The 1962 medal was later revoked as a result of testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
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