Olga Zavyalova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Olga Zavyalova

Russian cross country skier

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1972

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Profession: cross-country skier

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Olga Zavyalova

  • Olga Viktorovna Zavyalova (Russian: ?´???? ?????????? ?????´????), née Korneyeva (born August 24, 1972 in Leningrad) is a Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2010.
  • She won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two gold (30 km: 2003, 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit: 2007), one silver (10 km: 2007), and three bronzes (5 km + 5 km double pursuit, 15 km, and 4 × 5 km relay: all in 2003). Zavyalova's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was seventh in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit in Turin in 2006.
  • She has twelve additional individual victories at distances up to 30 km from 1996 to 2006. Zayalova took the 2007-08 season off to pregnancy, but returned for the 2008-09 season. Since her retirement after the 2010 Winter Olympics, Zayalova has been acting as a sports ambassador for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

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