- Lyubov Yegorova
Lyubov Ivanovna Yegorova ( _ru. Любо́вь Ива́новна Его́рова; born
May 5 1966 ,Seversk ), name also spelled Ljubov Egorova, is aRussia n former cross-country Olympic ski champion, many times world champion (first time in 1991), winner of the World Cup (1993) andHero of Russia . Lyubov Yegorova is an honorable citizen ofSeversk (1992),Saint Petersburg (1994), andTomsk Oblast (2005). Member of Communist party.Yegorova won several medals at theFIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three golds (4x5 km: 1991, 1993; 30 km: 1991), one silver (5 km: 1993), and two bronzes (5 km + 10 km combined pursuit, 30 km: 1993). She also won the women's 15 km event at theHolmenkollen ski festival in 1994. Additionally, Yegorova won a total of eight medals at theWinter Olympics , earning five golds and three silver. She won theHolmenkollen medal in 1994 (shared with Vladimir Smirnov andEspen Bredesen ).Doping controversy
Yegorova's career ended at the
1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships inTrondheim when she was disqualified for doping onbromantan , ananabolic steroid . She was disqualified onFebruary 26 ,1997 , three days after winning gold in the women's 5 km event, and stripped of that medal. Yegorova's gold would go to fellow RussianYelena Välbe .ee also
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List of multiple Olympic gold medalists External links
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* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen medalists] - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file no icon
* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen winners since 1892] - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file no icon
* [http://www2.raisport.rai.it/sci9697/fondo/mondiali.htm Information on Yegorova's doping disqualification] it icon
* [http://ceo.spb.ru/rus/sport/egorova.l.i/index.shtml Lyubov Yegorova] ru icon
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