Larisa Lazutina, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Larisa Lazutina

cross-country skier

Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1965

Place of Birth: Kondopoga, Russia

Profession: cross-country skier

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Larisa Yevgenyevna Lazutina (Russian: ?????? ?????????? ????????; née Ptitsyna, born 1 June 1965) is a Russian former professional cross-country skier.
Lazutina was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1998 (shared with Fred Børre Lundberg, Alexey Prokurorov, and Harri Kirvesniemi).
In the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, she won five medals: three gold, one silver and one bronze medal.
She was the most successful athlete at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
After the Olympics, Boris Yeltsin awarded her the title Hero of the Russian Federation.Lazutina earned several medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
She won a total of sixteen medals, including eleven gold, three silver and two bronze medals.
She was also the first three-time winner of the women's 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival (1995, 1998, and 2001). Lazutina was banned from competition for a period of two years due to a positive drug test result during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.