1. In Syktyvkar one of
the honorable torchbearers of the
Olympic torch Relay
will be a five-times
Olympic champion in
skiing, Raisa
Smetanina.

2. Raisa Petrovna Smetanina was born 29.02.1952 in
the village Mokhcha ,Izhemskii district ,Komi
Republc in a big family of deer-breeder. She is a
fourfold Olympic champion, sevenfold champion
of the world, the holder of the Cup of the
world, Honored Sport-Master in ski. Her name is
entered on the list of the Guinness Book of
Records. According the Information
agency«Associated press» `s opinion poll she was
said to be the most outstanding sportsman of the
20 century.”The Queen of ski-track” took her first
work-out from her brother Il`ya and then from
her PE – teacher. To be a good skier was important
for every member of a deer- breeder family. Her
career began in competitions between the skier in
her native village and in the district .She studied
in pedagogical collage named Kuratov and took
part in ski- competitions. The head couch of the
USSR Ivanov V.A. invited the talented girl to be
the member of the woman-team.

3. silver
5 km
gold
Innsbruck 1976
10 km
gold
Innsbruck 1976
4×5 relay-race
gold
Lake- Placida
1980
5 km
gold
Lake –Placida
1980
4×5 relay-race
silver
Sarajevo 1984
10 km
silver
The first womansportsman who
won 5 times in
Olympic games.
Innsbruck 1976
Sarajevo 1984
20 km
silver
Calgary 1988
10 km
bronze
Calgary 1988
20 km
gold
Abbeville 1992
4×4 relay-race

4. gold
Faloun 1974
4×5 km race
bronze
Falun 1974
5 km
silver
Lahti 1978
10 km
silver
Lahti 1978
20 km
bronze
Lahti 1978
5 km
bronze
Lahti 1978
4×5 km race
bronze
Falun 1980
20 km
gold
Oslo 1982
20 km
silver
Oslo 1982
4×5 km race
gold
Seefeld 1985
4×5 km race
silver
Lahti 1989
4×5 km race
gold
Val- di-Fiemme
1991
4×5 km race

5. Her prizes on the USSR –
championships:
21 gold , 14 silver,15 bronze medals.
The number of her the highest prizes:
!
The only one woman in the world
who has it!
20 years career!
The all-Russia competitions on
Many records!
prizes of Raisa Smetanina.
The Republican ski-complex
what was build in 1977 was
named in 1993 after her.

6. The house- museum in
Syktyvkar, the capital of
Komi, in Tentyukovskayastreet where R. Smetanina
lives and where the
visitors can see her
prizes, skies and others
.They can get to know
about her.

7. The order of the Badge of Honor (1976),
Order of Labor Red Banner(1980),
Order of Friendship of peopls (1984),
Order of the October Revolution ( 1988),
Leninorder,
Special prize of YUNESKO” For the
nobleness in sport” (1993),
Special prize Coubertin ,
Badge of “90 years of the Republic”(2011),
Title “Honorary citizen” of Komi (2012).