Smetanina, Raisa

Smetanina, Raisa

▪ Russian skier
in full  Raisa Petrovna Smetanina 
born Feb. 29, 1952, Komi, U.S.S.R. [now in Russia]

      Russian Nordic skier who competed in five Winter Olympics and holds the women's record for winning the most medals at the Winter Games. Her total of 10 medals is second only to that of Björn Daehlie of Norway.

      A champion in both the individual and team events, Smetanina won a silver medal in the 5-km race and gold medals in the 4  5-km relay and the 10-km event at the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. She took the gold in the 5-km race and a silver in the 4  5-km relay at the 1980 Games in Lake Placid, New York, U.S., and at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (now in Bosnia and Herzegovina), she won silver medals in the 10- and 20-km cross-country events. Smetanina repeated her silver-medal-winning performance in the 10-km event at the 1988 Games in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and took a bronze in the 20-km race. She was 39 years old when she competed in her final Olympics at the 1992 Games in Albertville, France, where she won a team gold medal in the 4   5-km relay, making her the oldest female gold medalist in Winter Olympic history.

      A star of the powerhouse Russian women's ski team, Smetanina was a national champion in 1974, 1976, and 1977 and a world champion in 1974 and 1978. Smetanina has won a total of 10 Olympic medals, the most won by an individual athlete in Winter Olympic history. She tied with speed skater Andrea Mitscherlich-Ehrig for the most silver medals (five). Her first and last medals were won over a span of 16 years—a feat made even more impressive by the fact that she medaled in every Olympic Games in between.

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