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Larisa Kurkina

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Larisa Nikolaevna Kurkina (Russian: Лариса Николаевна Куркина) born 18 December 1973) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Kurkina won a silver medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and finished fifth in the 30 km at those same championships. She also has one individual victory in a 2004 individual sprint event in Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Larisa Kurkina is the 610th most popular skier (up from 629th in 2019), the 3,292nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 3,343rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Russian Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Larisa Kurkina ranks 610 out of 817. Before her are Beckie Scott, Alex Harvey, Sarah Hendrickson, Katharina Liensberger, Daniel Rickardsson, and Nina Haver-Løseth. After her are Thomas Fanara, Nika Križnar, Hannes Reichelt, Karen Percy, Stephanie Venier, and Marco Schwarz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Larisa Kurkina ranks 1,033. Before her are Rodrigo Cordero, Tony Hsieh, Kieren Perkins, Makoto Kakegawa, Edvinas Krungolcas, and Magdalena Aicega. After her are Dana Snyder, Alex Dimitriades, Romildo Santos Rosa, Masaaki Takada, Tomoaki Matsukawa, and Theo Ratliff.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Larisa Kurkina ranks 3,292 out of 3,761. Before her are Lidia Isac (1993), Nastia Liukin (1989), Olga Vilukhina (1988), Olga Kucherenko (1985), Valeria Sorokina (1984), and Alexandra Panova (1989). After her are Rustam Assakalov (1984), Veniamin Reshetnikov (1986), Dmitry Andreikin (1990), Nurislam Sanayev (1991), Viktor Fayzulin (1986), and Nikita Kurbanov (1986).

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Among SKIERS In Russia

Among skiers born in Russia, Larisa Kurkina ranks 26. Before her are Alexander Legkov (1983), Alexander Bolshunov (1996), Ilia Chernousov (1986), Mikhail Ivanov (1977), Alena Zavarzina (1989), and Maxim Vylegzhanin (1982). After her are Nikita Kryukov (1985), Yevgeniya Medvedeva (1976), Irina Khazova (1984), Sergey Ustiugov (1992), Natalya Baranova-Masalkina (1975), and Irina Avvakumova (1991).

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