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. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Winter Olympics, along with Ard Schenk of the Netherlands. 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.
[edit] 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.
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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-Masalkina, Larisa Kurkina, Yuliya Chepalova & Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova) * 2010: Norway ( Vibeke Skofterud, Therese Johaug, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen) |
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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) · 2009: Finland (Pirjo Muranen, Virpi Kuitunen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen & Aino-Kaisa Saarinen) · 2011: Norway (Vibeke Skofterud, Therese Johaug, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen) ·
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Cross-country skier |
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