Olga Zavyalova
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Olga Viktorovna Zavyalova (Russian: О́льга Викторовна Завья́лова), née Korneyeva (born 24 August 1972 in Leningrad) is a Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2010. She won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two gold (30 km: 2003, 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit: 2007), one silver (10 km: 2007), and three bronzes (5 km + 5 km double pursuit, 15 km, and 4 × 5 km relay: all in 2003).
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Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Olga Viktorovna Zavyalova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1972-08-24) 24 August 1972 (age 51) Leningrad, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 17 – (1993–1998, 2000–2007, 2009–2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starts | 203 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (5th in 1995, 2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zavyalova's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was seventh in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit in Turin in 2006. She has twelve additional individual victories at distances up to 30 km from 1996 to 2006.
Zayalova took the 2007-08 season off due to pregnancy, but returned for the 2008-09 season.
Since her retirement after the 2010 Winter Olympics, Zayalova has been acting as a sports ambassador for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.