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Kostroma Oblast

Kostroma Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma.Major historic towns include Kostroma, Sharya, Nerekhta, Galich, Soligalich, and Makaryev. Textile industries have been developed there since the early 18th century...

, Russia

Russia

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, former USSR) was a female Soviet

Soviet Union

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 former cross country skier who competed during the early 1970s for Trud Voluntary Sports Society.

She won two medals at the 1972 Winter Olympics

1972 Winter Olympics

The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 3 to February 13, 1972 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan...

 in Sapporo with a gold in the 3x5 km and a silver in the 10 km.

Olyunina also won two medals at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1970 took place 14-22 February 1970 in Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia. This was the second time this city hosted the event having done so in 1935. It was the first time an event was televised in colour from Czechoslovakia though broadcasting there remained in...

with golds both in the 10 km and the 3x5 km events.

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