Olga Valeryevna Danilova (
Russian: Ольга Валерьевна Данилова; born 10 June 1970 in
Bugulma,
Tatar ASSR) is a Russian
cross-country skier who competed from 1991 until she was banned for using performance-enhancing drugs in 2002.
Career
Her statistics are listed as height: , weight:
Danilova won a total of eleven medals at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship eve ...
, including four golds (4 × 5 km relay: 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001), four silvers (5 km: 1999, 10 km: 2001, 15 km: 2001, 30 km: 1999), and three bronzes (5 km + 10 km combined pursuit: 1995, 5 km: 1997, 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit: 2001). She also won the 30 km event at the
Holmenkollen ski festival in 2000.
Danilova won three medals at the
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in th ...
in
Nagano, with a gold in the 15 km classical and the 4 × 5 km relay, and a silver in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit.
In 2002, she again participated in the
cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreatio ...
events at the
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internationa ...
. Danilova won two medals with a gold in the 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit and a silver in the 10 km classical. However, she was one of three cross-country skiers (together with
Johann Mühlegg
Johann Mühlegg (born 8 November 1970 in Ostallgäu, Germany) is a former top level cross-country skier who competed in international competitions first representing Germany and then Spain, after becoming a Spanish citizen in 1999. He was exclud ...
and
Larisa Lazutina) who was disqualified after blood tests indicated the use of
darbepoetin
Darbepoetin alfa (INN) is a re-engineered form of erythropoietin containing 5 amino acid changes (N30, T32, V87, N88, T90) resulting in the creation of 2 new sites for N-linked carbohydrate addition. It has a 3-fold longer serum half-life compar ...
, a drug intended to boost red blood cell production.
In February 2004 the
International Olympic Committee
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stripped Danilova's medal awards following a
Court of Arbitration for Sport
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; french: Tribunal arbitral du sport, ''TAS'') is an international body established in 1984 to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland and its ...
ruling in December 2003. The results were amended accordingly. As a result of the use of the banned substance, Olga Danilova received a two-year ban by the
International Ski Federation
The ''Fédération internationale de ski et de snowboard'' (FIS; en, International Ski and Snowboard Federation) is the highest international governing body for skiing and snowboarding. Founded on 2 February 1924 in Chamonix, France during the ...
in 2002.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
* 3 medals – (2 gold, 1 silver)
World Championships
* 11 medals – (4 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze)
:a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.
World Cup
Season standings
Individual podiums
*4 victories
*18 podiums
Team podiums
* 20 victories – (20 )
* 26 podiums – (25 , 1 )
Note: Until the
1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
See also
*
List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
References
External links
*
Holmenkollen winners since 1892– click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file
IOC Executive Board disqualifies Muehlegg and Danilova from the Salt Lake City Games— IOC press release, 28 February 2004.
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1970 births
Living people
People from Bugulma
Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Doping cases in cross-country skiing
Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
Olympic gold medalists for Russia
Olympic silver medalists for Russia
Olympic cross-country skiers of the Unified Team
Olympic cross-country skiers of Russia
Russian female cross-country skiers
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
Competitors stripped of Winter Olympics medals
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Tatarstan
21st-century Russian women