Kristina Šmigun
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| Medal record | |||
 Kristina Šmigun |
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| Women's cross country skiing | |||
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 2006 Turin | 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit | |
| Gold | 2006 Turin | 10 km classical | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 5 km + 5 km double pursuit | |
| Silver | 1999 Ramsau | 15 km | |
| Silver | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 10 km | |
| Silver | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 15 km | |
| Bronze | 1999 Ramsau | 30 km | |
| Bronze | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 30 km | |
Kristina Šmigun (born February 23, 1977 in Tartu) is an Estonian cross-country skier. She and her sister Katrin Šmigun (who is also a skier) are daughters of the Russian Anatoli Šmigun and Estonian Rutt Rehemaa who were both prominent nordic skiers. Kristina Šmigun is coached by her father.
On February 12, 2006, she won the Winter Olympics gold medal for the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, becoming the first Estonian woman to win a medal at the Winter Olympics. Four days later, she won a second gold medal in the 10 km classical.
Šmigun has also found success at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, earning six medals. This included one gold (2003: 5 km + 5 km double pursuit), three silvers (1999: 15 km, 2003: 10 km, 15 km), and two bronzes (1999, 2003: both in 30 km).
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| Olympic champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing |
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1952: Lydia Wideman | 1956: Ljubov Kozyreva | 1960: Maria Gusakova | 1964: Klavdija Bojarskikh | 1968: Toini Gustafsson | 1972: Galina Kulakova | 1976: Raisa Smetanina | 1980: Barbara Petzold | 1984: Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 1988: Vida Vencienė | 2002: Bente Skari | 2006: Kristina Šmigun |
| Olympic champions in women's cross country combined/double pursuit |
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| 1992: Lyubov Yegorova | 1994: Lyubov Yegorova | 1998: Larisa Lazutina | 2002: Beckie Scott | 2006: Kristina Šmigun |
| World champions in women's cross country combined/double pursuit |
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| 1993: Stefania Belmondo | 1995: Larisa Lazutina | 1997: Stefania Belmondo & Yelena Välbe | 1999: Stefania Belmondo | 2001: Virpi Kuitunen | 2003: Kristina Šmigun | 2005: Julija Tchepalova |
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