Zinaida Amosova
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| Medal record | |||
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| Women's cross country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1976 Innsbruck | 4 x 5 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1978 Lahti | 10 km | |
| Gold | 1978 Lahti | 20 km | |
| Bronze | 1978 Lahti | 4 x 5 km | |
Zinaida Stepanovna Amosova (Russian: Зинаида Степановна Амосова) (born January 12, 1950 in Krupskaya kolkhoz, Talaz District, Dzhambul Oblast, Kazakh SSR) was a former Soviet cross country skier who competed from 1976 to 1983, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Novosibirsk. She won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
Amosova's biggest success was at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships where she earned three medals. This included two golds (10 km, 20 km) and one bronze (4 x 5 km).
Amosova was awarded Order of the Badge of Honor (1976).
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| 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 |
| World champions in women's 30 km cross-country skiing |
| As 20 km - 1978: Zinaida Amosova | 1982: Raisa Smetanina | 1985: Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo | 1987: Marie-Helene Östlund |
| As 30 km - 1989: Yelena Välbe | 1991: Lyubov Yegorova | 1993: Stefania Belmondo | 1995: Yelena Välbe | 1997: Yelena Välbe | 1999: Larisa Lazutina | 2003: Olga Savialova | 2005: Marit Bjørgen |
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