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Zinaida Amosova

Zinaida Amosova
Country Kazakhstan
Born (1950-01-12) January 12, 1950 (age 74)
Jambyl Region, Soviet Union
Ski clubSKA Novosibirsk
World Cup career
Seasons1983
Indiv. starts3
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts0
Overall titles0 – (26th in 1983)

Zinaida Stepanovna Amosova (Russian: Зинаида Степановна Амосова) (born 12 January 1950 in Krupskaya kolkhoz, Talaz District, Dzhambul Oblast, Kazakh SSR) is a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed from 1976 to 1983, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Novosibirsk. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.[1]

Amosova's biggest success was at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships where she earned three medals. This included two golds (10 km, 20 km) and one bronze (4 × 5 km).

Amosova was awarded Order of the Badge of Honor in 1976.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

  • 1 medal – (1 gold)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1976 26 6 6 Gold

World Championships

  • 3 medals – (2 gold, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   20 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1978 28 Gold Gold Bronze
1980 30 6

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall
1983 33 26

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zinaida Amosova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
  2. ^ "AMOSOVA Zinaida". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.