Olga Danilova

Olga Danilova
Olga Danilova
Country	Russia
Full name	Olga Valeryevna Danilova
Born	10 June 1970 (age 51); Bugulma, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons	11 – (1991–1995, 1997–2002)
Individual wins	4
Team wins	20
Indiv. podiums	18
Team podiums	26
Indiv. starts	114
Team starts	30
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) 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.

Danilova 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 was 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 medal awards 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	N/A	—	11	20	N/A	—
1998	27	5	N/A	Gold	Silver	13	N/A	Gold
2002	31	N/A	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	—	N/A	8	—	—	N/A	—
1995	24	15	N/A	5	Bronze	4	N/A	Gold
1997	26	Bronze	N/A	4	5	6	N/A	Gold
1999	28	Silver	N/A	6	5	Silver	N/A	Gold
2001	30	N/A	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	N/A	N/A	N/A
1992	21	22	N/A	N/A	N/A
1993	22	20	N/A	N/A	N/A
1994	23	15	N/A	N/A	N/A
1995	24	4	N/A	N/A	N/A
1997	26	5	5	N/A	8
1998	27	7	4	N/A	10
1999	28	8	5	N/A	11
2000	29	4		5	7
2001	30	7	N/A	N/A	49
2002	31	7	N/A	N/A	—

Individual podiums[]

4 victories
18 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	1994–95	14 December 1994	, 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
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 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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