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Soviet cross-country skier
Radya Yeroshina
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 10 km
Silver medal – second place 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 3 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 1960 Squaw Valley 3 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Squaw Valley 10 km
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1958 Lahti 3 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Zakopane 10 km

Radya Nikolayevna Yeroshina (Russian: Радья Николаевна Ерошина; 17 September 1930 – 23 September 2012) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s and 1960s, training at Lokomotiv in Moscow.

She won four Winter Olympic medals with three silvers in the 10 km (1956 and the 3 × 5 km relay (1956, 1960) and a bronze in the 10 km (1960). She also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1958.

Yeroshina also won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 3 × 5 km relay (1958) and a bronze in the 10 km (1962).

Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

  • 4 medals – (3 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   3 × 5 km 
 relay 
1956 25 Silver Silver
1960 29 Bronze Silver

World Championships

  • 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   3 × 5 km 
 relay 
1958 27 4 Gold
1962 31 Bronze

References

  1. "Умерла Радья Ерошина…". Allsportinfo.ru. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  2. ^ Radia Erosjina at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  3. Holmenkollen winners since 1892 Archived 2007-02-24 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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


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