Kulakova, Galina

Kulakova, Galina

▪ Russian skier
in full  Galina Alekseyevna Kulakova  
born April 29, 1942, Logachi, Udmurtiya, U.S.S.R. [now in Russia]

      Russian skier of Udmurt descent who captured all three gold medals in women's Nordic skiing at the 1972 Olympic Games in Sapporo, Japan, and a total of eight Olympic medals.

      A member of four Soviet Olympic ski teams from 1964 to 1976, Kulakova was a national champion from 1969 to 1971 and a world champion in 1969 and 1970. In 1968 at the Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, Kulakova won a silver medal in the 5-km event and a bronze in the 3×5-km relay. At the 1972 Games she won gold medals in all three major Nordic events (the 5- and 10-km races and the 3×5-km relay), and at the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, her relay team proved victorious in the 4×5-km event, and she won an individual bronze in the 10-km race. She would have also earned a bronze medal in the 5-km event that year, but she was disqualified when officials discovered that ephedrine, a banned substance, was an ingredient in her nasal spray. She also competed at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid, N.Y., U.S., where she won a silver medal as part of the Soviet 4×5-km relay team.

      Considered one of strongest female skiers of her time, Kulakova influenced younger generations for several years as a coach with the Udmurt Sports Committee in the Soviet Union. She was awarded the International Olympic Committee Olympic Order in 1984.

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