Smetanina Won Numerous Olympic, World Championship, And National Titles Over.

The double 1976 olympic champion skied well, beating riihivuori by five seconds and collected her third olympic gold medal. Raisa smetanina was the reigning world. The next day she won the 10km by less than a second.

All The Medalists In The 10 Km At The 1980 Games Had Now Quit Skiing At The Top Level, But The 1976 Olympic Champion, Raisa Smetanina, Was Still Around And Had To Be Counted Among The.

All current medals and achievements from raisa smetanina brought together and evaluated by us. She is the first woman in history to win ten. Medal table for competitions, sports and the respective.

The 20 Km Cross Country For Ladies Was A New Event On The Olympic Program, But Had Been Contested Twice At The World Championships.

Smetanina took part in five olympics, representing the union of the soviet socialist republics team four. In the 1975 season kulakova was challenged by her younger teammate, raisa smetanina, 10 years her junior, who had her international breakthrough at the 1974 world championships,. Last of the favorites to finish was smetanina.

Born Feb 29, 1952, In Russia.

She is also the first woman in history to win 10 winter olympic. Olympic profile of raisa smetanina. Smetanina began her olympic journey in 1976 by taking a silver medal in the 5km race, missing a gold medal by just over one second.