Larisa Lazutina
Larisa Yevgenyevna Lazutina is a Soviet-Russian former professional cross-country skier.
Career
Lazutina was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1998. She made her Olympic debut in 1988. Lazutina won her first Olympic medal in 1992, winning a team gold that year. At the 1994 Winter Olympics, Lazutina won a further relay gold. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, she won five medals: three gold, one silver and one bronze. She was the most successful athlete at the 1998 Winter Games. After the Olympics, Boris Yeltsin awarded her the title Hero of the Russian Federation.Lazutina earned numerous medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. She won a total of sixteen medals, including eleven gold, three silver and two bronze medals. She was also the first three-time winner of the women's 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival.
In 2002, at her fifth Olympics, she again participated in the cross-country skiing events at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Lazutina 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 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 Lazutina'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, Larisa Lazutina received a two-year ban by the International Ski Federation in 2002.
In 2015, a sports park named after Lazutina opened in Odintsovo, Moscow region. Its full name is.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).Olympic Games
- 7 medals –
| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
| 1992 | 26 | 7 | — | 8 | 5 | Gold | ||
| 1994 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 4 | — | Gold | ||
| 1998 | 32 | Gold | Silver | Gold | Bronze | Gold | ||
| 2002 | 36 | — | [Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay|] |
World Championships
- 16 medals –
| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km classical | 10 km freestyle | 15 km | Pursuit | 20 km | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
| 1987 | 21 | — | 7 | Bronze | Gold | |||||
| 1989 | 23 | — | 8 | 9 | Silver | Silver | ||||
| 1993 | 27 | Gold | 4 | Silver | 4 | Gold | ||||
| 1995 | 29 | Gold | Gold | Gold | 5 | Gold | ||||
| 1997 | 31 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | Gold | ||||
| 1999 | 33 | — | 8 | — | Gold | Gold | ||||
| 2001 | 35 | Bronze | 7 | Silver | — | Gold |
World Cup
Season titles
- 4 titles –
Individual podiums
- 21 victories
- 62 podiums
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | |||||||||
| 1 | 1986–87 | 20 February 1987 |  ref label|worldcuprace|1Team podiums
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