Rita Nikolayevna Achkina (; born 1 February 1938) is a retired Belarusian cross-country skier. In 1965 she won the 5 km, 10 km and 3 × 5 km relay events at the Soviet championships. Next year she earned two medals at the

1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1966 took place 17–27 February 1966 in Oslo, Norway at the Holmenkollen ski arena. This was the third time the Norwegian capital hosted this event having done so in 1930 and at the 1952 Winter Olympics. T ...

with a gold in the 3 × 5 km relay and a bronze in the 5 km. She competed in these two events at the 1968 Winter Olympics and won a bronze medal in the relay, placing sixth individually. After retiring from competitions she worked as

elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ...

teacher.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

*1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Championships

*2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)

References

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* * 1938 births Living people Sportspeople from Mogilev Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Belarusian female cross-country skiers Soviet female cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for the Soviet Union Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Armed Forces (sports society) sportspeople Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{USSR-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub