Olga Danilova
Russian cross-country skier (born 1970)
Olga Danilova Country Russia Full name Olga Valeryevna Danilova Born (1970-06-10 ) 10 June 1970 (age 54) Bugulma , Russian SFSR , Soviet UnionSeasons 11 – (1991 –1995 , 1997 –2002 ) Starts 114 Podiums 18 Wins 4 Overall titles 0 – (4th in 1995 , 2000 ) Discipline titles 0
Olga Valeryevna Danilova (Russian : Ольга Валерьевна Данилова; born 10 June 1970 in Bugulma , Tatar ASSR , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1991 until she was banned for using performance-enhancing drugs in 2002.
Career
Her statistics are listed as height: 168 cm (5 ft 6 in), weight: 56 kg (123 lb).
Danilova won a total of eleven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships , including four golds (4 × 5 km relay: 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001), four silvers (5 km: 1999, 10 km: 2001, 15 km: 2001, 30 km: 1999), and three bronzes (5 km + 10 km combined pursuit: 1995, 5 km: 1997, 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit: 2001). She also won the 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2000.
In 1992 , Danilova made her Olympic debut. She won three medals at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , with a gold in the 15 km classical and the 4 × 5 km relay, and a silver in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit.
In 2002, she again participated in the cross-country skiing events at the 2002 Winter Olympics . Danilova won two medals with a gold in the 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit and a silver in the 10 km classical. However, she was one of three cross-country skiers (together with Johann Mühlegg and Larisa Lazutina ) who were disqualified after blood tests indicated the use of darbepoetin , a drug intended to boost red blood cell production.
In February 2004, the International Olympic Committee stripped Danilova's 2002 Olympic medals following a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling in December 2003. The results were amended accordingly. As a result of the use of the banned substance, Olga Danilova received a two-year ban by the International Ski Federation in 2002.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS) .[ 1]
Olympic Games
3 medals – (2 gold, 1 silver)
World Championships
11 medals – (4 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze)
Year
Age
5 km
10 km
15 km
Pursuit
30 km
Sprint
4 × 5 km relay
1993
22
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—
8
—
—
—
—
1995
24
15
—
5
Bronze
4
—
Gold
1997
26
Bronze
—
4
5
6
—
Gold
1999
28
Silver
—
6
5
Silver
—
Gold
2001
30
—
Silver
Silver
Bronze
CNX [a]
—
Gold
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.
World Cup
Season standings
Season
Age
Overall
Long Distance
Middle Distance
Sprint
1991
20
21
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—
—
1992
21
22
—
—
—
1993
22
20
—
—
—
1994
23
15
—
—
—
1995
24
4
—
—
—
1997
26
5
5
—
8
1998
27
7
4
—
10
1999
28
8
5
—
11
2000
29
4
5
7
2001
30
7
—
—
49
2002
31
7
—
—
—
Individual podiums
No.
Season
Date
Location
Race
Level
Place
1
1994–95
14 December 1994
Tauplitzalm , Austria
10 km Individual C
World Cup
3rd
2
11 February 1995
Oslo , Norway
30 km Individual C
World Cup
3rd
3
14 March 1995
Thunder Bay , Canada
10 km Pursuit F
World Championships[1]
3rd
4
1996–97
23 February 1997
Trondheim , Norway
5 km Individual C
World Championships[1]
3rd
5
1998–99
19 December 1998
Davos , Switzerland
15 km Individual C
World Cup
1st
6
22 February 1999
Ramsau , Austria
5 km Individual C
World Championships[1]
2nd
7
27 February 1999
30 km Individual C
World Championships[1]
2nd
8
1999–00
12 December 1999
Sappada , Italy
5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/F
World Cup
3rd
9
18 December 1999
Davos , Switzerland
15 km Individual C
World Cup
1st
10
5 February 2000
Lillehammer , Norway
5 km + 5 km Skiathlon C/F
World Cup
2nd
11
11 March 2000
Oslo , Norway
30 km Individual C
World Cup
1st
12
17 March 2000
Bormio , Italy
5 km Individual C
World Cup
2nd
13
2000–01
16 December 2000
Brusson , Italy
10 km Individual C
World Cup
2nd
14
10 February 2001
Otepää , Estonia
5 km Individual C
World Cup
3rd
15
2001–02
24 November 2001
Kuopio , Finland
10 km Individual C
World Cup
2nd
16
8 December 2001
Cogne , Italy
5 km Individual C
World Cup
2nd
17
5 January 2002
Val di Fiemme , Italy
5 km + 5 km Skiathlon C/F
World Cup
1st
18
8 January 2002
15 km Mass Start C
World Cup
2nd
Team podiums
20 victories – (20 RL )
26 podiums – (25 RL , 1 TS )
No.
Season
Date
Location
Race
Level
Place
Teammate(s)
1
1994–95
15 January 1995
Nové Město , Czech Republic
4 × 5 km Relay C
World Cup
1st
Gavrylyuk / Lazutina / Välbe
2
29 January 1995
Lahti , Finland
4 × 5 km Relay F
World Cup
2nd
Zamorozova / Martynova / Shalina
3
7 February 1995
Hamar , Norway
4 × 3 km Relay F
World Cup
1st
Gavrylyuk / Lazutina / Välbe
4
12 February 1995
Oslo , Norway
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Lazutina / Gavrylyuk / Välbe
5
17 March 1995
Thunder Bay , Canada
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Championships[1]
1st
Lazutina / Välbe / Gavrylyuk
6
1996–97
24 November 1996
Kiruna , Sweden
4 × 5 km Relay C
World Cup
2nd
Nageykina / Zavyalova / Chepalova
7
8 December 1996
Davos , Switzerland
4 × 5 km Relay C
World Cup
3rd
Baranova-Masalkina / Nageykina / Chepalova
8
15 December 1996
Brusson , Italy
4 × 5 km Relay F
World Cup
1st
Gavrylyuk / Yegorova / Välbe
9
28 February 1997
Trondheim , Norway
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Championships[1]
1st
Lazutina / Gavrylyuk / Välbe
10
9 March 1997
Falun , Sweden
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Lazutina / Gavrylyuk / Välbe
11
16 March 1997
Oslo , Norway
4 × 5 km Relay F
World Cup
1st
Gavrylyuk / Nageykina / Välbe
12
1997–98
23 November 1997
Beitostølen , Norway
4 × 5 km Relay C
World Cup
1st
Baranova-Masalkina / Gavrylyuk / Lazutina
13
7 December 1997
Santa Caterina , Italy
4 × 5 km Relay F
World Cup
1st
Välbe / Chepalova / Lazutina
14
14 December 1997
Val di Fiemme , Italy
4 × 5 km Relay F
World Cup
1st
Nageykina / Välbe / Lazutina
15
6 March 1998
Lahti , Finland
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Lazutina / Gavrylyuk / Chepalova
16
10 March 1998
Falun , Sweden
6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint F
World Cup
3rd
Skladneva
17
1998–99
29 November 1998
Muonio , Finland
4 × 5 km Relay F
World Cup
1st
Reztsova / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk
18
20 December 1998
Davos , Switzerland
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Nageykina / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk
19
26 February 1999
Ramsau , Austria
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Championships[1]
1st
Lazutina / Reztsova / Gavrylyuk
20
1999–00
28 November 1999
Kiruna , Sweden
4 × 5 km Relay F
World Cup
2nd
Nageykina / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk
21
19 December 1999
Davos , Switzerland
4 × 5 km Relay C
World Cup
1st
Nageykina / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk
22
13 January 2000
Nové Město , Czech Republic
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Nageykina / Yegorova / Gavrylyuk
23
27 February 2000
Falun , Sweden
4 × 5 km Relay F
World Cup
1st
Zavyalova / Lazutina / Chepalova
24
4 March 2000
Lahti , Finland
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Gavrylyuk / Zavyalova / Chepalova
25
2000–01
26 November 2000
Beitostølen , Norway
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
2nd
Yegorova / Lazutina / Chepalova
26
2001–02
27 November 2001
Kuopio , Finland
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Baranova-Masalkina / Gavrylyuk / Chepalova
See also
References
^ "DANILOVA Olga" . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019 .
External links
3 × 5 km
1956 : Sirkka Polkunen , Mirja Hietamies , Siiri Rantanen (FIN )
1960 : Irma Johansson , Britt Strandberg , Sonja Edström-Ruthström (SWE )
1964 : Alevtina Kolchina , Yevdokiya Mekshilo , Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS )
1968 : Inger Aufles , Babben Enger-Damon , Berit Mørdre (NOR )
1972 : Lyubov Mukhachyova , Alevtina Olyunina , Galina Kulakova (URS )
4 × 5 km
1976 : Nina Baldycheva , Zinaida Amosova , Raisa Smetanina , Galina Kulakova (URS )
1980 : Marlies Rostock , Carola Anding , Veronika Hesse , Barbara Petzold (GDR )
1984 : Inger Helene Nybråten , Anne Jahren , Brit Pettersen , Berit Aunli (NOR )
1988 : Svetlana Nageykina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Tamara Tikhonova , Anfisa Reztsova (URS )
1992 : Yelena Välbe , Raisa Smetanina , Larisa Lazutina , Lyubov Yegorova (EUN )
1994 : Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Lyubov Yegorova (RUS )
1998 : Nina Gavrylyuk , Olga Danilova , Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina (RUS )
2002 : Manuela Henkel , Viola Bauer , Claudia Künzel , Evi Sachenbacher (GER )
2006 : Natalya Baranova-Masalkina , Larisa Kurkina , Yuliya Chepalova , Yevgeniya Medvedeva (RUS )
2010 : Vibeke Skofterud , Therese Johaug , Kristin Størmer Steira , Marit Bjørgen (NOR )
2014 : Ida Ingemarsdotter , Emma Wikén , Anna Haag , Charlotte Kalla (SWE )
2018 : Ingvild Flugstad Østberg , Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen , Ragnhild Haga , Marit Bjørgen (NOR )
2022 : Yuliya Stupak , Natalya Nepryayeva , Tatiana Sorina , Veronika Stepanova (ROC )
3 × 5 km
1954: Lyubov Kozyreva , Margarita Maslennikova , Valentina Tsaryova ,
1958: Radya Yeroshina , Alevtina Kolchina , Lyubov Kozyreva
1962: Lyubov Baranova , Maria Gusakova , Alevtina Kolchina
1966: Klavdiya Boyarskikh , Rita Achkina , Alevtina Kolchina
1970: Nina Baldycheva , Galina Kulakova , Alevtina Olyunina
4 × 5 km
1974: Nina Baldycheva , Nina Selyunina , Raisa Smetanina , Galina Kulakova
1978: Taina Impiö , Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen , Hilkka Riihivuori , Helena Takalo
1982: Anette Bøe , Inger Helene Nybråten , Berit Aunli , Brit Pettersen
1985: Tamara Tikhonova , Raisa Smetanina , Liliya Vasilchenko , Anfisa Romanova
1987: Antonina Ordina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Larisa Ptistyna , Anfisa Reztsova
1989: Pirkko Määttä , Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi , Jaana Savolainen , Marjo Matikainen
1991: Lyubov Yegorova , Raisa Smetanina , Tamara Tikhonova , Yelena Välbe
1993: Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Lyubov Yegorova
1995: Olga Danilova , Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrylyuk
1997: Olga Danilova , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Yelena Välbe
1999: Olga Danilova , Larisa Lazutina , Anfisa Reztsova , Nina Gavrylyuk
2001: Olga Danilova , Larisa Lazutina , Yuliya Chepalova , Nina Gavrylyuk
2003: Manuela Henkel , Viola Bauer , Claudia Künzel , Evi Sachenbacher
2005: Vibeke Skofterud , Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen , Kristin Størmer Steira , Marit Bjørgen
2007: Virpi Kuitunen , Aino-Kaisa Saarinen , Riitta-Liisa Roponen , Pirjo Manninen
2009 : Pirjo Muranen , Virpi Kuitunen , Riitta-Liisa Roponen , Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2011 : Vibeke Skofterud , Therese Johaug , Kristin Størmer Steira , Marit Bjørgen
2013 : Heidi Weng , Therese Johaug , Kristin Størmer Steira , Marit Bjørgen
2015 : Heidi Weng , Therese Johaug , Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen , Marit Bjørgen
2017 : Maiken Caspersen Falla , Heidi Weng , Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen , Marit Bjørgen
2019 : Ebba Andersson , Frida Karlsson , Charlotte Kalla , Stina Nilsson
2021 : Tiril Udnes Weng , Heidi Weng , Therese Johaug , Helene Marie Fossesholm
2023 : Tiril Udnes Weng , Astrid Øyre Slind , Ingvild Flugstad Østberg , Anne Kjersti Kalvå