Olga Zavyalova


Olga Viktorovna Zavyalova, née Korneyeva 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, one silver, and three bronzes.
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.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

World Championships

  • 6 medals –
Year Age 5 km 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km
relay
Team
sprint
1993201816
199522279
20012810
2003305BronzeBronzeGoldBronze
200532617932
200734SilverGold87
2009363313

World Cup

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 1994–95 17 December 1994

Team podiums

  • 7 victories –
  • 23 podiums –
No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammate
11994–9529 January 1995