Galina Kulakova
Medal record Women's
cross country skiingOlympic GamesGold
1972 Sapporo5
kmGold
1972 Sapporo10
kmGold
1972 Sapporo3
x 5 kmGold
1976 Innsbruck4
x 5 kmSilver
1968 Grenoble5
kmSilver
1980 Lake Placid4
x 5 kmBronze
1968 Grenoble3
x 5 kmBronze
1976 Innsbruck10
kmDisqualified
1976 Innsbruck5
kmWorld Championships Gold
1970 Vysoké
Tatry5 km Gold
1970 Vysoké
Tatry3 x 5 km Gold
1974
Falun5 km Gold
1974
Falun10 km Gold
1974
Falun4 x 5 km Silver
1980
Falun20 km Bronze
1970 Vysoké
Tatry10 km Bronze
1978
Lahti4 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.
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.
References
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eOlympic
champions in women's 5 km cross-country skiing1964:
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
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eOlympic
champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing1952:
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
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eOlympic
champions in women's cross country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay3 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 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
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eWorld
champions in women's 5 km cross-country skiing1962:
Alevtina Kolchina* 1966:
Alevtina Kolchina* 1970: Galina Kulakova * 1974: Galina
Kulakova * 1978:
Helena Takalo* 1982:
Berit
Aunli* 1985:
Anette Bøe* 1987:
Marjo Matikainen* 1991:
Trude Dybendahl* 1993:
Larisa Lazutina* 1995:
Larisa Lazutina* 1997:
Yelena Välbe* 1999:
Bente
Martinsen
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eWorld
champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing1954:
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
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eWorld
champions in women's cross country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay3 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 Olyunina4 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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