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Also Known As Raisa Petrovna Smetanina
Born February 29, 1952 (age 73) • Komi • Soviet Union
Awards And Honors Winter Olympic Games
Yelena Vyalbe
Russian skier
Galina Kulakova
Russian skier
Vegard Ulvang
Norwegian athlete
Nikolay Zimyatov
Soviet skier
Bente Skari
Norwegian skier
Toini Gustafsson
Swedish skier
Bjørn Daehlie
Bjørn Daehlie
Norwegian skier
Lyubov Yegorova
Russian skier
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen
Finnish skier
Eero Mäntyranta
Finnish skier
Sixten Jernberg
Swedish skier
Veikko Hakulinen
Finnish skier
Ulrich Wehling
German skier
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaytsev
Irina Rodnina
Soviet figure skater
Marit Bjørgen
Marit Bjørgen
Norwegian skier
Manuela Di Centa
Italian skier
Vladislav Tretiak
Vladislav Tretiak
Soviet hockey player
The greatest biathlete
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Norwegian biathlete
Simon Ammann
Swiss ski jumper
Matti Nykänen
Finnish ski jumper

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