Maria Gusakova
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| Medal record | |||
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| Women's cross country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1960 Squaw Valley | 10 km | |
| Silver | 1960 Squaw Valley | 3 x 5 km | |
| Bronze | 1964 Innsbruck | 3 x 5 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1962 Zakopane | 3 x 5 km | |
| Silver | 1962 Zakopane | 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1962 Zakopane | 5 km | |
Maria Ivanovna Gusakova (Russian: Мария Ивановна Гусакова) (born February 2, 1931 in village Simoshkino, Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast) was a former Soviet cross country skier who competed from the late 1950's to the early 1960's for VSS Spartak. She won a complete set Winter Olympic medals with a gold in the 10 km (1960), a silver in the 3 x 5 km (1960) and a bronze in the 10 km (1964).
Gusakova also earned a complete set of medals at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 3 x 5 km, a silver in the 10 km, and a bronze in the 5 km.
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| Olympic champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing |
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1952: Lydia Wideman | 1956: Ljubov Kozyreva | 1960: Maria Gusakova | 1964: Klavdija Bojarskikh | 1968: Toini Gustafsson | 1972: Galina Kulakova | 1976: Raisa Smetanina | 1980: Barbara Petzold | 1984: Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 1988: Vida Vencienė | 2002: Bente Skari | 2006: Kristina Šmigun |
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