Olga Zavyalova

Olga Viktorovna Zavyalova , née Korneyeva (born 24 August 1972 in Leningrad) is a Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2010. She won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two gold (30 km: 2003, 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit: 2007), one silver (10 km: 2007), and three bronzes (5 km + 5 km double pursuit, 15 km, and 4 × 5 km relay: all in 2003).

Zavyalova's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was seventh in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit in Turin in 2006. She has twelve additional individual victories at distances up to 30 km from 1996 to 2006.

Zayalova took the 2007-08 season off due to pregnancy, but returned for the 2008-09 season.

Since her retirement after the 2010 Winter Olympics, Zayalova has been acting as a sports ambassador for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2002 29 — 11 — 19 — — 2006 33 24 7 9 — — — 2010 37 12 12 22 — 7 —

World Championships 6 medals – (2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze) Year Age 5 km 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 1993 20 18 — 16 — — 1995 22 27 — 9 — — 2001 28 10— — — — 2003 30 5 Bronze Bronze Gold — Bronze 2005 32 617 9 32 — — 2007 34 Silver Gold 8 — 7 — 2009 36 — 33 13 — — —

a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 1993 20 23 1994 21 24 1995 22 5 1996 23 11 1997 24 23 16 18 1998 25 25 21 24 2000 27 11 9 13 13 2001 28 5 28 2002 29 12 44 2003 30 11 45 2004 31 8 5 36 2005 32 30 20 51 2006 33 38 25 — 2007 34 12 7 14 2009 35 35 26 87 21 22 2010 36 11 15 64 7 11 2011 37 76 52 — — — —

Individual podiums 1 victory – (1 ) 15 podiums – (14 , 1 )

Team podiums

7 victories – (6 , 1 ) 23 podiums – (19 , 4 )