Raisa Smetanina

Raisa Smetanina
Smetanina on a 2013 Russian coin
Country Russia
Born (1952-02-29) 29 February 1952
Mokhcha, Izhemsky District, Komi ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Ski clubVSS
World Cup career
Seasons11 – (19821992)
Indiv. starts52
Indiv. podiums16
Indiv. wins3
Team starts10
Team podiums9
Team wins3
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 1984)
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Unified Team
Olympic Games
1992 Albertville4 × 5 km relay
Representing Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1976 Innsbruck10 km
1976 Innsbruck4 × 5 km relay
1980 Lake Placid5 km
1976 Innsbruck5 km
1980 Lake Placid4 × 5 km relay
1984 Sarajevo10 km
1984 Sarajevo20 km
1988 Calgary10 km classical
1988 Calgary20 km freestyle
World Championships
1974 Falun4 × 5 km relay
1982 Oslo20 km
1985 Seefeld4 × 5 km relay
1991 Val di Fiemme4 × 5 km relay
1978 Lahti10 km
1982 Oslo4 × 5 km relay
1989 Lahti4 × 5 km relay
1974 Falun5 km
1978 Lahti5 km
1978 Lahti4 × 5 km relay
1980 Falun20 km

Raisa Petrovna Smetanina (Russian: Раиса Петровна Сметанина; born 29 February 1952) is a Komi cross-country skiing champion, representing the Soviet Union and later the Unified Team at the Winter Olympic games. She is the first woman in history to win ten Winter Olympic medals.