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72 years old
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Pisces
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Celebrities born on February 29
Born in 1952
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Raisa Smetanina
Raisa Petrovna Smetanina is the Komi-based Soviet / Russian cross-country ski champion. She is the first woman in history to win ten Winter Olympic medals. Smetanina has attended five Olympics, representing the Soviet Union team four times and the team united once. In particular, Smetanina won two gold and one silver at the 1976 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there, along with West Germany's Rosi Mittermaier. At the 1992 Winter Olympics, at the age of 39, Smetanina won another gold for Team Unity in the 4 × 5 km relay, becoming the first woman to win ten Olympic medals. Olympic Winter Gold Medal. Smetanina was also successful at the FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships, winning four gold medals in the 20km and 4 × 5km relay, three silver and four bronze. She has also won the Holmenkollen Ski Festival three times, once at 10 km and twice at 5 km.
Born(age), Mokhcha, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Ski clubVSS
Seasons1982–1992
Individual wins3
Team wins3
Indiv. podiums16
Team podiums9
Indiv. starts52
Team starts10

About Raisa Smetanina

Skier Raisa Smetanina was born in Russia on February 29, 1952. She's 72 years old today.

Russian cross-country skier who won ten Olympic medals, four of which were gold.

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Raisa Smetanina before becoming famous

Raisa Smetanina was born in the Zodiac sign Pisces (The Fish), and 1952 is also the year of Dragon (龍) in the Chinese Zodiac.

At the 1974 World Championships, she won her first gold medal in International Competition.

Achievement of Raisa Smetanina

In 1976, she had her best year at the Olympics, winning two golds and one silver.

Raisa Smetanina's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In Komi, USSR, she was raised as an only kid.

Raisa Smetanina Collabed with

Skier Matti Nykanen, a ski jumper, won three gold medals at the 1988 Olympics.

Matti Nykanen (1963 - 2019) (Skier)
Matti Nykanen (1963 - 2019)

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Raisa Smetanina Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Raisa Smetanina updated on March 12 2023.