Nina Vasilyevna Gavrylyuk (russian: Ни́на Васи́льевна Гаврылю́к; born 13 April 1965) is a former

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(until 1991) and

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n cross-country skier who competed from 1987 to 2003. Born in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, she won four medals at the

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with three golds (4 × 5 km relay: 1988, 1994, 1998) and one bronze (15 km: 1994). In Soviet time she trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad. Gavrylyuk's biggest success was at the

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, where she earned eleven medals. This included six golds (4 × 5 km relay: 1987, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001), three silvers (5 km: 1995, 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit: 1995, 1999), and two bronzes (5 km + 10 km combined pursuit: 1997, 4 × 5 km relay: 2003. She also won the 30 km event at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in 1996.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

*4 medals – (4 gold, 1 bronze)

World Championships

* 11 medals – (6 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze) :a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*5 victories *35 podiums

Team podiums

* 31 victories – (31 ) * 42 podiums – (40 , 2 ) Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gavrilyuk, Nina 1965 births Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Living people Olympic cross-country skiers of the Soviet Union Olympic cross-country skiers of Russia Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Russian female cross-country skiers Soviet female cross-country skiers Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics