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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 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Larisa Kurkina is the 665th most popular skier (down from 629th in 2024), the 3,456th most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,341st in 2019) and the 27th most popular Russian Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Larisa Kurkina ranks 665 out of 817. Before her are Sarah Hendrickson, John Kristian Dahl, Katharina Liensberger, Daniel Rickardsson, Nina Haver-Løseth, and Kristian Hammer. After her are Andrej Jerman, Thomas Fanara, Nika Križnar, Hannes Reichelt, Karen Percy, and Trine Bakke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Larisa Kurkina ranks 1,197. Before her are David Fernández Borbalán, Delphine Batho, Edvinas Krungolcas, DJ AM, Heike Lätzsch, and Magdalena Aicega. After her are Saulos Chilima, Dana Snyder, Alex Dimitriades, Boris Henry, Wang Haibin, and Junko Tanaka.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Larisa Kurkina ranks 3,456 out of 3,761. Before her are Nastia Liukin (1989), Olga Vilukhina (1988), Olga Kucherenko (1985), Yelena Miroshina (1974), Valeria Sorokina (1984), and Alexandra Panova (1989). After her are Sergei Sakhnovski (1975), Rustam Assakalov (1984), Veniamin Reshetnikov (1986), Dmitry Andreikin (1990), Nurislam Sanayev (1991), and Viktor Fayzulin (1986).

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Among SKIERS In Russia

Among skiers born in Russia, Larisa Kurkina ranks 27. Before her are Alexander Bolshunov (1996), Ilia Chernousov (1986), Mikhail Ivanov (1977), Alena Zavarzina (1989), Ekaterina Vinogradova (1977), and Maxim Vylegzhanin (1982). After her are Olga Zavyalova (1972), Nikita Kryukov (1985), Yevgeniya Medvedeva (1976), Irina Khazova (1984), Sergey Ustiugov (1992), and Natalya Baranova-Masalkina (1975).

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