Galina Kulakova
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's cross country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1972 Sapporo | 5 km | |
| Gold | 1972 Sapporo | 10 km | |
| Gold | 1972 Sapporo | 3 x 5 km | |
| Gold | 1976 Innsbruck | 4 x 5 km | |
| Silver | 1968 Grenoble | 5 km | |
| Silver | 1980 Lake Placid | 4 x 5 km | |
| Bronze | 1968 Grenoble | 3 x 5 km | |
| Bronze | 1976 Innsbruck | 10 km | |
| Disqualified | 1976 Innsbruck | 5 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1970 Vysoké Tatry | 5 km | |
| Gold | 1970 Vysoké Tatry | 3 x 5 km | |
| Gold | 1974 Falun | 5 km | |
| Gold | 1974 Falun | 10 km | |
| Gold | 1974 Falun | 4 x 5 km | |
| Silver | 1980 Falun | 20 km | |
| Bronze | 1970 Vysoké Tatry | 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1978 Lahti | 4 x 5 km | |
Galina Alexeyevna Kulakova (Russian: Гали́на Алексе́евна Кулако́ва) (born April 29, 1942 in Logachi village, Votkinsky District, Udmurt ASSR) is a female Soviet former cross country skier, arguably the best skier on distances shorter than 10 km in the early 1970s. Kulakova trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society. She won four Olympic golds, two individual in 1972 and two relay golds in 1972 and 1976. Competing in the World Championships, she won three individual golds, two in 1974 and one in 1970, and also two relay golds in those years. Kulakova also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1970 and 1979. Galina Kulakova was also 39 times Champion of the USSR between 1969 and 1981.
For her achievements she was awarded Order of Lenin and Badge of Honor. She was also awarded the silver Olympic Order in 1984 by the International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch. Galina Kulakova ended her sports career in 1982.
[edit] Drug controversy
At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Kulakova finished 3rd in the 5 km event, but was disqualified due to taking a nasal spray that contained the banned substance ephedrine. Both the FIS and the IOC allowed her to compete in both the 10 km and the 4x5 km relay.
[edit] External links
- FIS Profile
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
1964: Klavdiya Boyarskikh * 1968: Toini Gustafsson * 1972: Galina Kulakova * 1976: Helena Takalo * 1980: Raisa Smetanina * 1984: Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen * 1988: Marjo Matikainen-Kallström * 1992: Marjut Lukkarinen * 1994: Lyubov Yegorova * 1998: Larisa Lazutina
1952: Lydia Wideman * 1956: Lyubov Kozyreva * 1960: Maria Gusakova * 1964: Klavdiya Boyarskikh * 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
(As 3 x 5 km) 1956 Finland Sirkka Polkunen, Mirja Hietamies, & Siiri Rantanen
1960 Sweden Irma Johansson, Britt Strandberg, & Sonja Ruthström-Edström
1964 Soviet Union Alevtina Kolchina, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, & Klavdiya Boyarskikh
1968 Norway Inger Aufles, Babben Enger-Damon, & Berit Mørdre Lammedal
1972 Soviet Union Lyubov Mukhachyova, Alevtina Olyunina, & Galina Kulakova
(As 4 x 5 km) 1976 Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, & Galina Kulakova
1980 East Germany Marlies Rostock, Carola Anding, Veronika Hesse, & Barbara Petzold
1984 Norway Inger Helene Nybråten, Anne Jahren, Britt Pettersen, & Berit Aunli
1988 Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Tamara Tikhonova, & Anfisa Reztsova
1992 Unified Team Yelena Välbe, Raisa Smetanina, Larisa Lazutina, & Lyubov Yegorova
1994 Russia Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk, & Lyubov Yegorova
1998 Russia Nina Gavrilyuk, Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, & Larisa Lazutina
2002 Germany Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel, & Evi Sachenbacher
2006 Russia Natalia Baranova-Masolkina, Larisa Kurkina, Yuliya Chepalova, & Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova
1962: Alevtina Kolchina * 1966: Alevtina Kolchina * 1970: Galina Kulakova * 1974: Galina Kulakova * 1978: Helena Takalo * 1982: Berit Aunli * 1985: Anette Bøe * 1987: Marjo Matikanen * 1991: Trude Dybendahl * 1993: Larisa Lazutina * 1995: Larisa Lazutina * 1997: Yelena Välbe * 1999: Bente Martinsen
1954: Lyubov Kozyreva * 1958: Alevtina Kolchina * 1962: Alevtina Kolchina * 1966: Klavdiya Boyarskikh * 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 * 2007: Kateřina Neumannová
(As 3 x 5 km) 1954 Soviet Union Lyubov Kozyreva, Margarita Maslennikova & Valentina Tsaryova
1958 Soviet Union Radya Yeroshina, Alevtina Kolchina & Lyubov Kozyreva
1962 Soviet Union Lyubov Baranova, Maria Gusakova & Alevtina Kolchina
1966 Soviet Union Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Rita Achkina & Alevtina Kolchina
1970 Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva, Galina Kulakova & Alevtina Olyunina
(As 4 x 5 km) 1974 Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva, Nina Selyunina, Raisa Smetanina & Galina Kulakova
1978 Finland Taina Impiö, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, Hilkka Riihivuori & Helena Takalo
1982 Norway Anette Bøe, Inger Helene Nybråten, Berit Aunli & Britt Pettersen
1985 Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova, Raisa Smetanina, Liliya Vasilchenko & Anfisa Romanova
1987 Soviet Union Antonina Ordina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Larisa Ptistyna, & Anfisa Reztsova
1989 Finland Pirkko Määttä, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Jaana Savolainen & Marjo Matikainen
1991 Soviet Union Lyubov Yegorova, Raisa Smetanina, Tamara Tikhonova & Yelena Välbe
1993 Russia Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Lyubov Yegorova
1995 Russia Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina & Nina Gavrilyuk
1997 Russia Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Yelena Välbe
1999 Russia Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Anfisa Reztsova & Nina Gavrilyuk
2001 Russia Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Yuliya Chepalova & Nina Gavrilyuk
2003 Germany Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel & Evi Sachenbacher
2005 Norway Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen
2007 Finland Virpi Kuitunen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen & Pirjo Manninen
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