Vera Zozulya

For the Ukrainian racewalker, see Vira Zozulya.

Vera Zozulya

Medal record
Women's luge
Representing the Soviet Union
Olympic Games
	1980 Lake Placid	Women's singles
World Championships
	1978 Imst	Women's singles
	1977 Igls	Women's singles
	1981 Hammarstrand	Women's singles
European Championships
	1976 Hammarstrand	Women's singles
	1978 Hammarstrand	Women's singles

Vera Zozuļa or Vera Zozulya (Template:Lang-ru; born January 15, 1956 in Talsi, Latvian SSR) is a Latvian-born Soviet luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. As of the 2014 Winter Olympics, she is the only non-German speaking winner of any Winter Olympic luge event.

Zozulya also won a complete set of medals in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a gold in 1978, a silver in 1977, and a bronze in 1981.

At the FIL European Luge Championships, she won two medals in the women's singles event with a gold in 1976 and a bronze in 1978. She won the overall women's singles Luge World Cup title in 1981-2.

Zozulya later became a coach for lugers in the Soviet Union, Latvia, and Poland. She was inducted into the International Luge Federation Hall of Fame in 2006.

References

• FIL-Luge.org February 17, 2007 article on Zozulya's Hall of Fame induction. - accessed March 8, 2008.
• Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Women's luge
• Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skelton.
• Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
• List of European luge champions Template:De icon
• List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
• SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge Template:Fr icon