View source for Lyubov Kozyreva (cross-country skier)

{{short description|Soviet cross-country skier}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[cross-country skiing (sport)|cross-country skiing]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{URS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1956 Winter Olympics|1956&nbsp;Cortina&nbsp;d'Ampezzo]] | [[Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics|10&nbsp;km]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1956 Winter Olympics|1956&nbsp;Cortina&nbsp;d'Ampezzo]] | [[Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics|3&nbsp;×&nbsp;5&nbsp;km&nbsp;relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1960 Winter Olympics|1960&nbsp;Squaw&nbsp;Valley]] | [[Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics - Women's 10 km|10&nbsp;km]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1960 Winter Olympics|1960&nbsp;Squaw&nbsp;Valley]] | [[Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics - Women's 3 x 5 km relay|3&nbsp;×&nbsp;5&nbsp;km&nbsp;relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1954&nbsp;Falun]] | 10&nbsp;km}}
{{MedalGold | [[1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1954&nbsp;Falun]] | 3&nbsp;×&nbsp;5&nbsp;km&nbsp;relay}}
{{MedalGold | [[1958 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1958&nbsp;Lahti]] | 3&nbsp;×&nbsp;5&nbsp;km&nbsp;relay}}
{{MedalGold | [[1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1962&nbsp;Zakopane]] | 3&nbsp;×&nbsp;5&nbsp;km&nbsp;relay}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1958 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1958&nbsp;Lahti]] | 10&nbsp;km}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1962&nbsp;Zakopane]] | 5&nbsp;km}}
}}
'''Lyubov Vladimirovna Kozyreva''' ({{langx|ru|Любо&#769;вь Влади&#769;мировна Ко&#769;зырева}}), '''Lyubov Baranova''' from 1960 onwards (27 August 1929 – 22 June 2015), was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[cross-country skiing (sport)|cross-country skier]] who competed in the 1950s and 1960s with [[Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR|VSS]] [[Burevestnik (society)|Burevestnik]]. She was born in the settlement of Bugry, [[Vsevolozhsky District]], [[Leningrad Oblast]] and died in [[Moscow]].
She won four Winter Olympic medals with a gold in the 10&nbsp;km (1956) and silvers in the [[Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics - Women's 10 km|10&nbsp;km]] (1960) and the [[Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics - Women's 3 x 5 km relay|3 × 5&nbsp;km relay]] (1956, 1960). She also won the 10&nbsp;km event at the [[Holmenkollen ski festival]] in 1955, becoming the first Soviet athlete to win at the Holmenkollen. Her biggest successes were at the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]] where she won six medals, including four golds (10&nbsp;km: 1954, 3 × 5&nbsp;km relay: 1954, 1958, 1962) and two silvers (10&nbsp;km: 1958, 5&nbsp;km: 1962).
==Cross-country skiing results==
All results are sourced from the [[International Ski Federation|International Ski Federation (FIS)]].<ref name="FISprofile">{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&competitorid=32232&type=st-WC |title=KOZYREVA Ljubov |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=FIS-Ski |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="FISprofile2">{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&competitorid=2882&type=st-WC |title=BARANOVA Ljubov |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=FIS-Ski |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref>
===Olympic Games===
* 4 medals – (1 gold, 3 silver)
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"|&nbsp;Year&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"|&nbsp;Age&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;10&nbsp;km&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;3&nbsp;×&nbsp;5&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;relay&nbsp;
|-
| [[Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956]] || ''26'' ||style="background:gold;"|  [[Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre|'''Gold''']] || style="background:silver;"| [[Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay|'''Silver''']]
|-
| [[Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960]] || ''30''   || style="background:silver;"| [[Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre|'''Silver''']] ||style="background:silver;"| [[Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay|'''Silver''']]
|-
|}
===World Championships===
* 6 medals – (4 gold, 2 silver)
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"|&nbsp;Year&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"|&nbsp;Age&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;5&nbsp;km&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;10&nbsp;km&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;3&nbsp;×&nbsp;5&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;relay&nbsp;
|-
| [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1954|1954]] || ''24'' || {{n/a}}  || style="background:gold;"|'''Gold''' || style="background:gold;"|'''Gold'''
|-
| [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1958|1958]] || ''28'' || {{n/a}}  || style="background:silver;"|'''Silver''' || style="background:gold;"|'''Gold'''
|-
| [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962|1962]] || ''32'' || style="background:silver;"|'''Silver''' || 4 || style="background:gold;"|'''Gold'''
|-
|}
==References==
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==External links==
*{{FIS cross-country skier|2882|Ljubov Baranova}}
*{{FIS cross-country skier|32232|Ljubov Kozyreva}}
*{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk |title=Holmenkollen winners since 1892}} - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}}
*[http://www.sports.ru/others/skiing/1030753208.html Lyubov Kozyreva's obituary] {{in lang|ru}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions 10km XC Women}}
{{Footer World Champions XC 10km Women}}
{{Footer World Champions XC Relay Women}}
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[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2015 deaths]]
[[Category:Burevestnik (sports society) sportspeople]]
[[Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners]]
[[Category:Olympic cross-country skiers for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Russian female cross-country skiers]]
[[Category:Soviet female cross-country skiers]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing]]
[[Category:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:People from Vsevolozhsky District]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Leningrad Oblast]]
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