Maria Gusakova
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Maria Ivanovna Gusakova in the village of Timoshkino, Shilovsky District
, Ryazan Oblast
) was a former Soviet
cross country skier who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s for VSS Spartak
. She won a complete set Winter Olympic medals with a gold in the 10 km (1960), a silver in the 3x5 km (1960) and a bronze in the 10 km (1964).
Gusakova also earned a complete set of medals at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
with a gold in the 3x5 km, a silver in the 10 km, and a bronze in the 5 km.
Shilovsky District
Shilovsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 25 in Ryazan Oblast, Russia....
, Ryazan Oblast
Ryazan Oblast
Ryazan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Ryazan, which is the oblast's largest city. Population: -Geography:...
) was a former Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
cross country skier who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s for VSS Spartak
Spartak (sports society)
Spartak is the International Fitness and Sports Society of Nikolai Starostin.-Overview:Spartak was the first and the largest All-Union Voluntary Sports Society of workers of state trade, producers' cooperation, light industry, civil aviation, education, culture, health service etc...
. She won a complete set Winter Olympic medals with a gold in the 10 km (1960), a silver in the 3x5 km (1960) and a bronze in the 10 km (1964).
Gusakova also earned a complete set of medals at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962 took place February 18-27, 1962 in Zakopane, Poland. Zakopane became the second city to host the world championships three times , joining Lahti, Finland...
with a gold in the 3x5 km, a silver in the 10 km, and a bronze in the 5 km.