Galina Kulakova

Kulakova at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Personal information

Born

29 April 1942 (age 73)
Logachi village, Votkinsky District, Udmurtia, Russia

Height

1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)

Weight

57 kg (126 lb)

Sport

Cross country skiing

Club

Trud Prokofyevsk
Trud Izhevsk

Medal record

Representing the Soviet Union
Olympic Games
	1972 Sapporo	5 km
	1972 Sapporo	10 km
	1972 Sapporo	3×5 km
	1976 Innsbruck	4×5 km
	1968 Grenoble	5 km
	1980 Lake Placid	4×5 km
	1968 Grenoble	3×5 km
	1976 Innsbruck	10 km
Disqualified	1976 Innsbruck	5 km
World Championships
	1970 Vysoké Tatry	5 km
	1970 Vysoké Tatry	3×5 km
	1974 Falun	5 km
	1974 Falun	10 km
	1974 Falun	4×5 km
	1980 Falun	20 km
	1982 Oslo	4×5 km
	1970 Vysoké Tatry	10 km
	1978 Lahti	4×5 km

Galina Alexeyevna Kulakova (Russian: Галина Алексеевна Кулакова, born 29 April 1942) is a Soviet former cross country skier, arguably the best skier on distances shorter than 10 km in the early 1970s. She won four Olympic golds, two individual in 1972 and two relay golds in 1972 and 1976. She 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.^[1]

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.

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 the 10 km and the 4×5 km relay.^[1]

References

1 2 Galina Kulakova. sports-reference.com

External links

Galina Kulakova at the International Ski Federation
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

Olympic champions in women's 5 km cross-country skiing

1964: Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS) 1968: Toini Gustafsson (SWE) 1972: Galina Kulakova (URS) 1976: Helena Takalo (FIN) 1980: Raisa Smetanina (URS) 1984: Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen (FIN) 1988: Marjo Matikainen-Kallström (FIN) 1992: Marjut Lukkarinen (FIN) 1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS) 1998: Larisa Lazutina (RUS)

Olympic champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing

1952: Lydia Wideman (FIN)
1956: Lyubov Kozyreva (URS)
1960: Maria Gusakova (URS)
1964: Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS)
1968: Toini Gustafsson (SWE)
1972: Galina Kulakova (URS)
1976: Raisa Smetanina (URS)
1980: Barbara Petzold (GDR)
1984: Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen (FIN)
1988: Vida Vencienė (URS)
2002: Bente Skari (NOR)
2006: Kristina Šmigun (EST)
2010: Charlotte Kalla (SWE)
2014: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)

Olympic champions in women's cross-country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay

3 x 5 km	1956: Finland Sirkka Polkunen Mirja Hietamies Siiri Rantanen 1960: Sweden Irma Johansson Britt Strandberg Sonja Ruthström-Edström 1964: Soviet Union Alevtina Kolchina Yevdokiya Mekshilo Klavdiya Boyarskikh 1968: Norway Inger Aufles Babben Enger-Damon Berit Mørdre Lammedal 1972: Soviet Union Lyubov Mukhachyova Alevtina Olyunina Galina Kulakova

4 x 5 km	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 2014: Sweden Ida Ingemarsdotter Emma Wikén Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla

World champions in women's 5 km cross-country skiing

1962: Alevtina Kolchina (URS) 1966: Alevtina Kolchina (URS) 1970: Galina Kulakova (URS) 1974: Galina Kulakova (URS) 1978: Helena Takalo (FIN) 1982: Berit Aunli (NOR) 1985: Anette Bøe (NOR) 1987: Marjo Matikainen (FIN) 1991: Trude Dybendahl (NOR) 1993: Larisa Lazutina (RUS) 1995: Larisa Lazutina (RUS) 1997: Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1999: Bente Martinsen (NOR)

World champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing

1954: Lyubov Kozyreva (URS)
1958: Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
1962: Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
1966: Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS)
1970: Alevtina Olyunina (URS)
1974: Galina Kulakova (URS)
1978: Zinaida Amosova (URS)
1982: Berit Aunli (NOR)
1985: Anette Bøe (NOR)
1987: Anne Jahren (NOR)
1989 classical: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1989 freestyle: Yelena Välbe (URS)
1991: Yelena Välbe (URS)
2001: Bente Skari (NOR)
2003: Bente Skari (NOR)
2005: Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)
2007: Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)
2009: Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)
2011: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
2013: Therese Johaug (NOR)
2015: Charlotte Kalla (SWE)

World champions in women's cross-country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay

3 x 5 km	1954: Soviet Union Lyubov Kozyreva Margarita Maslennikova Valentina Tsaryova 1958: Soviet Union Radya Yeroshina Alevtina Kolchina Lyubov Kozyreva 1962: Soviet Union Lyubov Baranova Maria Gusakova Alevtina Kolchina 1966: Soviet Union Klavdiya Boyarskikh Rita Achkina Alevtina Kolchina 1970: Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva Galina Kulakova Alevtina Olyunina

4 x 5 km	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 2013: Norway Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen 2015: Norway Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Marit Bjørgen

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