Radya Yeroshina

Radya Nikolayevna Yeroshina ( _ru. Радья Николаевна Ерошина; born in 1930) was a former Soviet cross country skier who competed in the 1950s and 1960s, training at Lokomotiv in Moscow.FIS|S=CC|ID=15978]

She won four Winter Olympic medals with three silvers in the 10 km (1956 and the 3x5 km (1956, 1960) and a bronze in the 10 km (1960). She also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1958. [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen winners since 1892] ]

Yeroshina also won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 3x5 km (1958) and a bronze in the 10 km (1962). The 1962 medal was later revoked as a result of testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.Fact|date=June 2007

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