Alevtina Olyunina

Alevtina Olyunina
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1972 Sapporo3 ×  5 km relay
Silver medal – second place1972 Sapporo10 km
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1970 Vysoké Tatry10 km
Gold medal – first place1970 Vysoké Tatry3 × 5 km relay

Alevtina Sergeyevna Olyunina (Russian: Алевти́на Серге́евна Олю́нина; 15 August 1942 – 18 November 2025) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the early 1970s for Trud Voluntary Sports Society. She was on the Olympic champion team and a silver medalist at the 1972 Olympics.

Biography

Olyunina was born in Pchyolkino, Kostroma Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR on 15 August 1942. She won two medals at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo with a gold in the 3 × 5 km relay and a silver in the 10 km.

She also won two medals at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with golds both in the 10 km and the 3 × 5 km relay events.

Olyunina died on 18 November 2025, at the age of 83.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

  • 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)
Year Age 5 km 10 km 3 × 5 km
relay
1968 25 20 11 —
1972 29 4 2nd 1st

World Championships

  • 2 medals – (2 gold)
Year Age 5 km 10 km 3 × 5 km
relay
1970 27 — 1st 1st

References

  1. ↑ Скончалась олимпийская чемпионка Саппоро 1972 года Алевтина Олюнина-Панарина (in Russian)
  2. ↑ "OLJUNINA Alevtina". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
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