Larisa Kurkina

Kurkina in 2004.

Medal record

Women's cross-country skiing
Olympic Games
	2006 Turin	4 x 5 km
World Championships
	2005 Oberstdorf	4 x 5 km

Larisa Kurkina (born December 18, 1973) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. She won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Kurkina won a silver medals in the 4 x 5 km at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and finished 5th in the 30 km at those same championships. She also has one individual victory in a 2004 individual sprint event in Russia.

References

Larisa Kurkina at the International Ski Federation

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

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