Name Nina Gavrilyuk | Role Olympic athlete | |
Olympic medals Cross Country Skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics - Women's 15km | ||
Nina Vasilyevna Gavrilyuk (Gavrylyuk) (Russian: Nína Vasíl'evna Gavrilyúk; born April 13, 1965 in Leningrad) is a former Soviet (until 1991) and Russian cross country skier who competed from 1987 to 2003. She won four medals at the Winter Olympics with three golds (4x5 km: 1988, 1994, 1998) and one bronze (15 km: 1994).
In Soviet time she trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad. Gavrilyuk's biggest success was at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where she earned eleven medals. This included six golds (4x5 km: 1987, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001), three silvers (5 km: 1995, 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit: 1995, 1999), and two bronzes (5 km + 10 km combined pursuit: 1997, 4x5 km: 2003.
She also won the 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1996.