Maria Gusakova

Maria Gusakova

Maria Ivanovna Gusakova (Russian: Мари́я Ива́новна Гусако́ва; 2 February 1931 – 8 May 2022) was a Russian cross-country skier who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s for VSS Spartak. She won a complete set of Winter Olympic medals as part of the Soviet team with a gold in the 10 km (1960), a silver in the 3 × 5 km relay (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 3 × 5 km relay, a silver in the 10 km, and a bronze in the 5 km. Her husband Nikolay Gusakov also competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and claimed bronze in Nordic combined event. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Maria Gusakova is the 13,487th most popular politician (up from 15,032nd in 2024). (up from 4,092nd in 2019)