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Galina Kulakova

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Galina Alexeyevna Kulakova (Russian: Галина Алексеевна Кулакова, born 29 April 1942) is a Soviet-Russian former cross-country skier, arguably the best skier on distances shorter than 10 km in the early 1970s. She won four Olympic golds, two individual in 1972 and two relay golds in 1972 and 1976. She was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Winter Olympics, along with Ard Schenk of the Netherlands. Competing in the World Championships, she won three individual golds, two in 1974 and one in 1970, and also two relay golds in those years. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Galina Kulakova is the 44th most popular skier (up from 49th in 2019), the 1,469th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,574th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Galina Kulakova ranks 44 out of 817. Before her are Madeleine Berthod, Tormod Knutsen, Antti Hyvärinen, Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Baldur Preiml, and Alevtina Kolchina. After her are Vreni Schneider, Egon Zimmermann, Henri Oreiller, Renée Colliard, Thomas Wassberg, and Tina Maze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Galina Kulakova ranks 377. Before her are Doğu Perinçek, Nobby Stiles, Ilija Pantelić, Bo Hopkins, Hannelore Elsner, and Valentin Lebedev. After her are János Farkas, Gabriela Adameșteanu, Bill Ivy, Pascal Lainé, Ramiro de León Carpio, and Michael Eisner.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Galina Kulakova ranks 1,469 out of 3,761. Before her are Alevtina Kolchina (1930), Armas Järnefelt (1869), Elsa Brändström (1888), Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1530), Valentin Lebedev (1942), and Mikayel Nalbandian (1829). After her are Vatslav Vorovsky (1871), Tatyana Shchelkanova (1937), Olga Sanfirova (1917), Alexandre Volkoff (1885), Frol Kozlov (1908), and Vasily Agapkin (1884).

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Among SKIERS In Russia

Among skiers born in Russia, Galina Kulakova ranks 2. Before her are Alevtina Kolchina (1930). After her are Raisa Smetanina (1952), Pavel Kolchin (1930), Yevdokiya Mekshilo (1931), Nikolay Anikin (1932), Larisa Lazutina (1965), Yelena Vyalbe (1968), Lyubov Yegorova (1966), Alexey Prokurorov (1964), Mikhail Devyatyarov (1959), and Olga Danilova (1970).

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