Tamara Tikhonova

Tamara Ivanovna Tikhonova (Russian: Тама́ра Ива́новна Ти́хонова) (born 13 June 1964 in the village of Kovalyovo, Kezsky District, Udmurt ASSR, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1984 to 1992. She represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, where she won three medals with golds in the 20 km freestyle and the 4 × 5 km relay, and a silver in the 5 km classical.

Tamara Tikhonova
Country Russia
Born (1964-06-13) June 13, 1964
Kovalyovo, Udmurt ASSR, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons19841986, 19881992
Individual wins2
Team wins5
Indiv. podiums10
Team podiums8
Indiv. starts42
Team starts9
Overall titles0 – (3rd in 1989)

Tikhonova also won five medals for the Soviet Union at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two golds (4 × 5 km relay: 1985, 1991), one silver (4 × 5 km relay: 1989), and two bronzes (10 km freestyle: 1989, 1991).

She was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games

  • 3 medals – (2 gold, 1 silver)
Year Age 5 km 10 km 20 km 4 × 5 km
relay
1988 23 2nd 5 1st 1st

World Championships

  • 5 medals – (2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
Year Age 5 km 10 km
classical
10 km
freestyle
15 km Pursuit 20 km 30 km 4 × 5 km
relay
1985 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1st
1989 24 N/A 3rd N/A N/A 11 2nd
1991 26 N/A 3rd N/A N/A 11 1st

World Cup

Season Standings
Season Age Overall
1984 19 66
1985 20 15
1986 21 23
1988 23 4
1989 24
1990 25 7
1991 26 7
1992 27 26

Individual podiums

  • 2 victories
  • 10 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 198788 16 December 1987 Bohinj, Yugoslavia 10 km Individual F World Cup 1st
2 17 February 1988 Calgary, Canada 5 km Individual C Olympic Games[lower-alpha 1] 2nd
3 25 February 1988 Calgary, Canada 20 km Individual F Olympic Games[lower-alpha 1] 1st
4 198889 10 December 1988 La Féclaz, France 5 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
5 19 February 1989 Lahti, Finland 10 km Individual F World Championships[lower-alpha 1] 3rd
6 4 March 1989 Oslo, Norway 10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F World Cup 2nd
7 11 March 1989 Falun, Sweden 15 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
8 199091 8 December 1990 Tauplitzalm, Austria 10 km + 15 Pursuit C/F World Cup 3rd
9 10 February 1991 Val di Fiemme, Italy 10 km Individual F World Championships[lower-alpha 1] 3rd
10 9 March 1991 Falun, Sweden 15 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
  1. Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Team podiums

  • 5 victories
  • 8 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 198485 22 January 1985 Seefeld, Austria 4 × 5 km Relay World Championships[lower-alpha 1] 1st Smetanina / Vasilchenko / Reztsova
2 198788 21 February 1988 Calgary, Canada 4 × 5 km Relay F Olympic Games[lower-alpha 1] 1st Nageykina / Gavrylyuk / Reztsova
3 198889 22 February 1989 Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships[lower-alpha 1] 2nd Shamshurina / Smetanina / Välbe
4 12 March 1989 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Lazutina / Smetanina / Välbe
5 198990 11 March 1990 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Yegorova / Lazutina / Välbe
6 199091 15 February 1991 Val di Fiemme, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships[lower-alpha 1] 1st Yegorova / Smetanina / Välbe
7 10 March 1991 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 1st Nageykina / Yegorova / Välbe
8 15 March 1991 Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Nageykina / Smetanina / Välbe
  1. Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

  1. "TICHONOVA VOLKOVA Tamara". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.


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