Anfisa Reztsova
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| Born | December 16, 1964 (age 59) Yakimets, Gus-Khrustalny District, Vladimir Oblast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anfisa Anatolyevna Reztsova, née Romanova, (Russian: Анфи́са Анато́льевна Резцо́ва) (born December 16, 1964 in the village of Yakimets, Gus-Khrustalny District, Vladimir Oblast) is a former Soviet (until 1991) and Russian biathlete and cross country skier who competed in both sports from 1985 to 2000. In Soviet times she trained at Dynamo in Vladimir
She earned a total of five medals in the Winter Olympics, including three golds (1988: cross country 4×5 km, 1992: biathlon 7.5 km, 1994: biathlon 4×7.5 km), one silver (1988: cross country 20 km), and one bronze (1992: biathlon 3×7.5 km). She is notable for performing the feat of being the only person on the planet to win Olympic gold medals in both cross country skiing and biathlon. Another curious fact about her is that she is one of the few sportspersons to win gold at three consecutive Olympics under three different flags, the first being the USSR in 1988, the second - Unified Team in 1992, and the third being the Russian Federation in 1994.
Reztsova also found success at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, earning three golds (4×5 km: 1985, 1987, 1999) and two silvers (1987: 5 km, 20 km). She also won one cross country World Cup and seven biathlon World Cups in her career.
She lives in Moscow. She is the mother of biathlete Daria Virolaynen.[1]
In the interview to the Russian ski magazine "Ski sport" she admitted using banned performance-enhancing drugs during 1998-1999 season.[1]
References
- Anfisa RESTZOVA at the International Biathlon Union
- REZTSOVA ROMANOVA Anfisa at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation. Birth date listed as December 6, 1964.
- ^ "Pokljuka Sprint Win for Katharina Innerhofer". International Biathlon Union. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- People from Gus-Khrustalny District
- Russian biathletes
- Russian cross-country skiers
- Soviet biathletes
- Soviet cross-country skiers
- Olympic cross-country skiers of the Soviet Union
- Olympic biathletes of the Unified Team
- Olympic biathletes of Russia
- Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Unified Team
- Olympic medalists in biathlon
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Female cross-country skiers
- Russian sportswomen
- Female biathletes
- Biathlon World Championships medalists
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics