Olga Danilova

Olga Danilova
Olga Danilova
Country	Russia
Full name	Olga Valeryevna Danilova
Born	10 June 1970 (age 54); Bugulma, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons	11 – (1991–1995, 1997–2002)
Indiv. starts	114
Indiv. podiums	18
Indiv. wins	4
Team starts	30
Team podiums	26
Team wins	20
Overall titles	0 – (4th in 1995, 2000)
Discipline titles	0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing Russia
Olympic Games
World Championships
Junior World Championships
Representing Soviet Union

Olga Valeryevna Danilova (Russian: Ольга Валерьевна Данилова; born 10 June 1970 in Bugulma, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR) 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: 168 cm (5 ft 6 in), weight: 56 kg (123 lb).

Danilova won a total of eleven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, 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.

In 1992, Danilova made her Olympic debut. She won three medals at the 1998 Winter Olympics 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 events at the 2002 Winter Olympics. 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 and Larisa Lazutina) who were disqualified after blood tests indicated the use of darbepoetin, a drug intended to boost red blood cell production.

In February 2004, the International Olympic Committee stripped Danilova's 2002 Olympic medals following a Court of Arbitration for Sport 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 in 2002.

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	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km relay
1992	21	6	—	—	11	20	—	—
1998	27	5	—	Gold	Silver	13	—	Gold
2002	31	—	DSQ	—	DSQ	DSQ	—	DNS

World Championships

11 medals – (4 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze)

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km relay
1993	22	—	—	8	—	—	—	—
1995	24	15	—	5	Bronze	4	—	Gold
1997	26	Bronze	—	4	5	6	—	Gold
1999	28	Silver	—	6	5	Silver	—	Gold
2001	30	—	Silver	Silver	Bronze	CNX^[a]	—	Gold

a. ¹ Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age
Season	Age	Overall	Long Distance	Middle Distance	Sprint
1991	20	21	—	—	—
1992	21	22	—	—	—
1993	22	20	—	—	—
1994	23	15	—	—	—
1995	24	4	—	—	—
1997	26	5	5	—	8
1998	27	7	4	—	10
1999	28	8	5	—	11
2000	29	4		5	7
2001	30	7	—	—	49
2002	31	7	—	—	—

Individual podiums

4 victories
18 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	1994–95	14 December 1994	Tauplitzalm, Austria	10 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
2		11 February 1995	Oslo, Norway	30 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
3		14 March 1995	Thunder Bay, Canada	10 km Pursuit F	World Championships^[1]	3rd
4	1996–97	23 February 1997	Trondheim, Norway	5 km Individual C	World Championships^[1]	3rd
5	1998–99	19 December 1998	Davos, Switzerland	15 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
6		22 February 1999	Ramsau, Austria	5 km Individual C	World Championships^[1]	2nd
7		27 February 1999	Ramsau, Austria	30 km Individual C	World Championships^[1]	2nd
8	1999–00	12 December 1999	Sappada, Italy	5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/F	World Cup	3rd
9		18 December 1999	Davos, Switzerland	15 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
10		5 February 2000	Lillehammer, Norway	5 km + 5 km Skiathlon C/F	World Cup	2nd
11		11 March 2000	Oslo, Norway	30 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
12		17 March 2000	Bormio, Italy	5 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
13	2000–01	16 December 2000	Brusson, Italy	10 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
14	2000–01	10 February 2001	Otepää, Estonia	5 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
15	2001–02	24 November 2001	Kuopio, Finland	10 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
16		8 December 2001	Cogne, Italy	5 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
17		5 January 2002	Val di Fiemme, Italy	5 km + 5 km Skiathlon C/F	World Cup	1st
18		8 January 2002	Val di Fiemme, Italy	15 km Mass Start C	World Cup	2nd

Team podiums

20 victories – (20 RL)
26 podiums – (25 RL, 1 TS)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammate(s)
1	1994–95	15 January 1995	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	1st	Gavrylyuk / Lazutina / Välbe
2		29 January 1995	Lahti, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Zamorozova / Martynova / Shalina
3		7 February 1995	Hamar, Norway	4 × 3 km Relay F	World Cup	1st	Gavrylyuk / Lazutina / Välbe
4		12 February 1995	Oslo, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Lazutina / Gavrylyuk / Välbe
5		17 March 1995	Thunder Bay, Canada	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Championships^[1]	1st	Lazutina / Välbe / Gavrylyuk
6	1996–97	24 November 1996	Kiruna, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	2nd	Nageykina / Zavyalova / Chepalova
7		8 December 1996	Davos, Switzerland	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Baranova-Masalkina / Nageykina / Chepalova
8		15 December 1996	Brusson, Italy	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	1st	Gavrylyuk / Yegorova / Välbe
9		28 February 1997	Trondheim, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Championships^[1]	1st	Lazutina / Gavrylyuk / Välbe
10		9 March 1997	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Lazutina / Gavrylyuk / Välbe
11		16 March 1997	Oslo, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	1st	Gavrylyuk / Nageykina / Välbe
12	1997–98	23 November 1997	Beitostølen, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	1st	Baranova-Masalkina / Gavrylyuk / Lazutina
13		7 December 1997	Santa Caterina, Italy	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	1st	Välbe / Chepalova / Lazutina
14		14 December 1997	Val di Fiemme, Italy	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	1st	Nageykina / Välbe / Lazutina
15		6 March 1998	Lahti, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Lazutina / Gavrylyuk / Chepalova
16		10 March 1998	Falun, Sweden	6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	3rd	Skladneva
17	1998–99	29 November 1998	Muonio, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	1st	Reztsova / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk
18		20 December 1998	Davos, Switzerland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Nageykina / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk
19		26 February 1999	Ramsau, Austria	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Championships^[1]	1st	Lazutina / Reztsova / Gavrylyuk
20	1999–00	28 November 1999	Kiruna, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Nageykina / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk
21		19 December 1999	Davos, Switzerland	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	1st	Nageykina / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk
22		13 January 2000	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Nageykina / Yegorova / Gavrylyuk
23		27 February 2000	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	1st	Zavyalova / Lazutina / Chepalova
24		4 March 2000	Lahti, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Gavrylyuk / Zavyalova / Chepalova
25	2000–01	26 November 2000	Beitostølen, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Yegorova / Lazutina / Chepalova
26	2001–02	27 November 2001	Kuopio, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Baranova-Masalkina / Gavrylyuk / Chepalova

Note: ¹ Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

^ "DANILOVA Olga". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.

External links

Olga Danilova at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
IOC Executive Board disqualifies Muehlegg and Danilova from the Salt Lake City Games — IOC press release, 28 February 2004.
Olga Danilova at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
Olga Danilova at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

[FISprofile-1] "DANILOVA Olga". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.

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