Raisa Smetanina
Smetanina on a 2013 Russian coin
Country Russia
Born29 February 1952 (1952-02-29) (age 71)
Mokhcha, Komi ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Ski clubVSS
World Cup career
Seasons11 – (1982–1992)
Individual wins3
Team wins3
Indiv. podiums16
Team podiums9
Indiv. starts52
Team starts10
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 1984)
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Unified Team
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1992 Albertville4 × 5 km relay
Representing Soviet Union Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1976 Innsbruck10 km
Gold medal – first place1976 Innsbruck4 × 5 km relay
Gold medal – first place1980 Lake Placid5 km
Silver medal – second place1976 Innsbruck5 km
Silver medal – second place1980 Lake Placid4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place1984 Sarajevo10 km
Silver medal – second place1984 Sarajevo20 km
Silver medal – second place1988 Calgary10 km classical
Bronze medal – third place1988 Calgary20 km freestyle
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1974 Falun4 × 5 km relay
Gold medal – first place1982 Oslo20 km
Gold medal – first place1985 Seefeld4 × 5 km relay
Gold medal – first place1991 Val di Fiemme4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place1978 Lahti10 km
Silver medal – second place1982 Oslo4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place1989 Lahti4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place1974 Falun5 km
Bronze medal – third place1978 Lahti5 km
Bronze medal – third place1978 Lahti4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place1980 Falun20 km

Raisa Petrovna Smetanina (Russian: Раиса Петровна Сметанина; born 29 February 1952) is a Soviet, Komi and Russian cross-country skiing champion. She is the first woman in history to win ten Winter Olympic medals.

Career

Smetanina took part in five Olympics, representing the Soviet team four times and the Unified Team once. In particular, Smetanina won two gold and one silver medals at the 1976 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there, along with Rosi Mittermaier of West Germany.[1]

In the 1992 Winter Olympics, at the age of 39, Smetanina won a further gold medal competing for the Unified Team in the 4 × 5 km relay, becoming the first woman to win ten Winter Olympic medals and at that time the oldest woman to win a Winter Olympic gold.

Smetanina also had successes at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning four golds (20 km (1982), and 4 × 5 km relay (1974, 1985, and 1991), three silvers (10 km (1978), and 4 × 5 km relay (1982, 1989)), and four bronzes (4 × 5 km relay (1978), 5 km (1974, 1978), and 20 km (1980)). She also won three times at the Holmenkollen ski festival, once in the 10 km (1975) and twice in the 5 km (1975 and 1979).

In 1979 Smetanina received the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Erik Håker and Ingemar Stenmark).[1] She was also awarded Order of Friendship of Peoples (1984).[2]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]

Olympic Games

  • 10 medals – (4 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   20 km   30 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
197623SilverGold————Gold
198027Gold4————Silver
19843111Silver——Silver—4
19883510Silver——Bronze——
199239——4———Gold

World Championships

  • 11 medals – (4 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km 
 classical 		  10 km 
 freestyle 		  15 km   20 km   30 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
197421Bronze—————Gold
197825BronzeSilver——5—Bronze
198027————Bronze——
19822915———Gold—Silver
198532—4——7—Gold
19873449—————
198936—5—4——Silver
19913811—————Gold

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall
19823021
1983318
1984322nd place, silver medalist(s)
1985338
19863414
19873510
1988366
19893711
19903813
19913914
19924018

Individual podiums

  • 3 victories
  • 16 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
11981–8226 February 1982Norway Oslo, Norway20 km IndividualWorld Championships[1]1st
2 1982–83 5 March 1983Finland Lahti, Finland5 km IndividualWorld Cup2nd
3 1983–84 9 February 1984Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo, Yugoslavia10 km IndividualOlympic Games[1]2nd
418 February 198420 km IndividualOlympic Games[1]2nd
525 February 1984Sweden Falun, Sweden10 km IndividualWorld Cup1st
63 March 1984Finland Lahti, Finland5 km IndividualWorld Cup2nd
78 March 1984Norway Oslo, Norway20 km IndividualWorld Cup3rd
824 March 1984Soviet Union Murmansk, Soviet Union10 km IndividualWorld Cup2nd
91984–8523 February 1985Soviet Union Syktyvkar, Soviet Union20 km IndividualWorld Cup1st
10 1985–86 15 February 1986West Germany Oberstdorf, West Germany20 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
1122 February 1986Soviet Union Kavgolovo, Soviet Union10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
12 1986–87 21 March 1987Norway Oslo, Norway20 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
13 1987–88 19 December 1987West Germany Reit im Winkl, West Germany5 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
1414 February 1988Canada Calgary, Canada10 km Individual COlympic Games[1]2nd
1525 February 198820 km Individual FOlympic Games[1]3rd
16 1989–90 14 January 1990Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union7.5 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd

Team podiums

  • 3 victories
  • 9 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 1981–82 24 February 1982Norway Oslo, Norway4 × 5 km RelayWorld Championships[1]2ndLyadova / Zabolotskaya / Kulakova
2 1983–84 26 February 1984Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km RelayWorld Cup3rdMarkashanskaya / Zimyatova / Burlakova
31984–8522 January 1985Austria Seefeld, Austria4 × 5 km RelayWorld Championships[1]1stTikhonova / Vasilchenko / Reztsova
4 1988–89 22 February 1989Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]2ndShamshurina / Tikhonova / Välbe
512 March 1989Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndLazutina / Tikhonova / Välbe
6 1989–90 4 March 1990Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 5 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndNageykina / Yegorova / Lazutina
71990–9115 February 1991Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]1stYegorova / Tikhonova / Välbe
815 March 1991Norway Oslo, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndNageykina / Tikhonova / Välbe
91991–9218 February 1992France Albertville, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FOlympic Games[1]1stVälbe / Lazutina / Yegorova

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Raisa Smetanina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. ↑ Panorama of the 1984 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Physical Culture and Sports publisher. 1985. p. 38.
  3. ↑ "SMETANINA Raissa". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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