Lyubov Yegorova (cross-country skier)

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Lyubov Yegorova
Lyubov Yegorova
Country	Russia
Full name	Lyubov Ivanovna Yegorova
Born	(1966-05-05) 5 May 1966 (age 58) Seversk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons	15 – (1984, 1988–1994, 1996–1997, 1999–2003)
Indiv. starts	119
Indiv. podiums	41
Indiv. wins	13
Team starts	26
Team podiums	21
Team wins	12
Overall titles	1 – (1993)
Discipline titles	0
Medal record Women's cross-country skiing Olympic Games Representing  Unified Team 1992 Albertville 10 km pursuit 1992 Albertville 15 km classical 1992 Albertville 4 × 5 km relay 1992 Albertville 5 km classical 1992 Albertville 30 km freestyle Representing  Russia 1994 Lillehammer 5 km classical 1994 Lillehammer 10 km pursuit 1994 Lillehammer 4 × 5 km relay 1994 Lillehammer 15 km freestyle World Championships Representing  Soviet Union 1991 Val di Fiemme 30 km freestyle 1991 Val di Fiemme 4 × 5 km relay Representing  Russia 1993 Falun 4 × 5 km relay 1993 Falun 5 km classical 1993 Falun 10 km pursuit 1993 Falun 30 km freestyle Disqualified 1997 Trondheim 5 km classical Junior World Championships Representing  Soviet Union 1985 Täsch 3 × 5 km relay 1986 Lake Placid 5 km 1986 Lake Placid 15 km 1986 Lake Placid 3 × 5 km relay

Lyubov Ivanovna Yegorova (Russian: Любо́вь Ива́новна Его́рова; born 5 May 1966), name also spelled Ljubov Jegorova, is a Russian former cross-country Olympic ski champion, multiple world champion (first time in 1991), winner of the World Cup (1993) and Hero of Russia. Lyubov Yegorova is an honorary citizen of Seversk (1992), Saint Petersburg (1994), and Tomsk Oblast (2005).

Yegorova won several medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three golds (4 × 5 km relay: 1991, 1993; 30 km: 1991), one silver (5 km: 1993), and two bronzes (5 km + 10 km combined pursuit, 30 km: 1993).

She also won the women's 15 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1994.

Additionally, Yegorova won a total of nine medals at the Winter Olympics, earning six golds and three silver.

She was the most successful athlete at both the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. She won the Holmenkollen medal in 1994 (shared with Vladimir Smirnov and Espen Bredesen).

Yegorova decided to retire after the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim when she was disqualified for doping on bromantan, a stimulant drug. She was disqualified on 26 February 1997, three days after winning gold in the women's 5 km event, and stripped of that medal.

She returned after the suspension to compete at the 2002 Winter Olympics but did not win a medal there.

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[1]

• 9 medals – (6 gold, 3 silver)

• 6 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

• 1 titles – (1 overall)

Season	Age
		Overall	Long Distance	Middle Distance	Sprint
1984	17	45	—	—	—
1988	21	29	—	—	—
1989	22	42	—	—	—
1990	23	6	—	—	—
1991	24		—	—	—
1992	25		—	—	—
1993	26		—	—	—
1994	27		—	—	—
1996	29	5	—	—	—
1997	30	10	9	—	9
1999	32	41	36	—	54
2000	33	14	14	11	39
2001	34	22	—	—	26
2002	35	17	—	—	21
2003	36	34	—	—	44

• 13 victories
• 41 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	1989–90	20 February 1990	Val di Fiemme, Italy	10 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
2		25 February 1990	Bohinj, Yugoslavia	10 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
3		17 March 1990	Vang, Norway	10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F	World Cup	3rd
4	1990–91	15 December 1990	Davos, Switzerland	10 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
5		20 December 1990	Les Saisies, France	5 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F	World Cup	3rd
6		16 February 1991	Val di Fiemme, Italy	30 km Individual F	World Championships[1]	1st
7		2 March 1991	Lahti, Finland	15 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
8		9 March 1991	Falun, Sweden	15 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
9	1991–92	8 December 1991	Silver Star, Canada	15 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
10		14 December 1991	Thunder Bay, Canada	5 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
11		9 February 1992	Albertville, France	15 km Individual C	Olympic Games[1]	1st
12		13 February 1992		5 km Individual C	Olympic Games[1]	2nd
13		15 February 1992		10 km Pursuit F	Olympic Games[1]	1st
14		21 February 1992		30 km Individual F	Olympic Games[1]	2nd
15		7 March 1992	Funäsdalen, Sweden	5 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
16		14 March 1992	Vang, Norway	15 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
17	1992–93	18 December 1992	Val di Fiemme, Italy	15 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
18		3 January 1993	Kavgolovo, Russia	30 km individual C	World Cup	1st
19		16 January 1993	Cogne, Italy	10 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
20		21 February 1993	Falun, Sweden	5 km Individual C	World Championships[1]	2nd
21		23 February 1993		10 km Pursuit F	World Championships[1]	3rd
22		27 February 1993		30 km Individual F	World Championships[1]	3rd
23		6 March 1993	Lahti, Finland	5 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
24		9 March 1993	Lillehammer, Norway	5 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
25		10 March 1993		10 km Pursuit F	World Cup	1st
26		19 March 1993	Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia	10 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
27	1993–94	11 December 1993	Santa Caterina, Italy	5 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
28		21 December 1993	Toblach, Italy	15 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
29		8 January 1994	Kavgolovo, Russia	10 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
30		15 January 1994	Oslo, Norway	15 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
31		13 February 1994	Lillehammer, Norway	15 km Individual F	Olympic Games[1]	2nd
32		15 February 1994		5 km Individual C	Olympic Games[1]	1st
33		17 February 1994		10 km Pursuit F	Olympic Games[1]	1st
34		6 March 1994	Lahti, Finland	30 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
35		20 March 1994	Thunder Bay, Canada	10 km Pursuit F	World Cup	3rd
36	1995–96	25 November 1995	Vuokatti, Finland	5 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
37		29 November 1995	Gällivare, Sweden	10 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
38		10 December 1995	Davos, Switzerland	10 km Pursuit C	World Cup	1st
39		13 December 1995	Brusson, Italy	10 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
40		16 December 1995	Santa Caterina, Italy	10 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
41	1996–97	5 January 1997	Kavgolovo, Russia	15 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd

• 12 victories
• 21 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammates
1	1989–90	4 March 1990	Lahti, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Nageykina / Smetanina / Lazutina
2		11 March 1990	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Lazutina / Tikhonova / Välbe
3	1990–91	15 February 1991	Val di Fiemme, Italy	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Championships[1]	1st	Smetanina / Tikhonova / Välbe
4		10 March 1991	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	1st	Nageykina / Tikhonova / Välbe
5	1991–92	18 February 1992	Albertville, France	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	Olympic Games[1]	1st	Välbe / Smetanina / Lazutina
6		8 March 1992	Funäsdalen, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	2nd	Välbe / Lazutina / Nageykina
7	1992–93	26 February 1993	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Championships[1]	1st	Välbe / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk
8	1993–94	22 February 1994	Lillehammer, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	Olympic Games[1]	1st	Välbe / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk
9	1995–96	17 December 1995	Santa Caterina, Italy	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	1st	Lazutina / Gavrylyuk / Välbe
10		10 March 1996	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Gavrylyuk / Lazutina / Välbe
11	1996–97	24 November 1996	Kiruna, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	1st	Gavrylyuk / Lazutina / Välbe
12		8 December 1996	Davos, Switzerland	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	2nd	Gavrylyuk / Lazutina / Välbe
13		15 December 1996	Brusson, Italy	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	1st	Gavrylyuk / Danilova / Välbe
14	1998–99	14 March 1999	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Gavrylyuk / Reztsova / Skladneva
15		21 March 1999	Oslo, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	2nd	Baranova-Masalkina / Reztsova / Skladneva
16	1999–00	28 November 1999	Kiruna, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	1st	Skladneva / Reztsova / Chepalova
17		13 January 2000	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Danilova / Nageykina / Lazutina
18		27 February 2000	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Nageykina / Skladneva / Gavrylyuk
19		4 March 2000	Lahti, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Denisova / Stchastlivaia / Skladneva
20	2000–01	26 November 2000	Beitostølen, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Danilova / Lazutina / Chepalova
21	2001–02	27 November 2001	Kuopio, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Sidko / Burukhina / Zavyalova

She is the mother of Viktor Sysoyev.^[2]

• List of female Heroes of the Russian Federation
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
• List of multiple Winter Olympic medalists

• Lyubov Yegorova at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Holmenkollen medalists – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
• Information on Yegorova's doping disqualification (in Italian)
• Lyubov Yegorova (in Russian)