Evdokiya Panteleevna Mekschilo

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Evdokiya Mekschilo Cross-country skiing
Full name Evdokiya Panteleevna Mekschilo
nation Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
birthday March 23, 1931
place of birth Gorno-Altaysk , Soviet Union
date of death January 16, 2013
Place of death St. Petersburg , Russia
Career
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold 1964 Innsbruck Season
bronze 1964 Innsbruck 10 km
 

Evdokija Panteleevna Mekschilo , Russian Евдокия Пантелеевна Мекшило , (born in Arkhipova; born March 23, 1931 in Gorno-Altaysk ; † January 16, 2013 in St. Petersburg ) was a Soviet cross-country skier .

Career

Mekschilo first appeared internationally at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1958 . There she was eighth over 10 km. In 1961 she won the Svenska Skidspelen with the relay. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane in 1962 , she achieved sixth place over 5 km. Two years later she won gold in the 3 × 5 km relay and silver over 10 km at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck together with Alewtina Koltschina and Klawdija Bojarskich . She also took fourth place over 5 km. In the same year she won again with the relay at the Svenska Skidspelen in Kiruna . Her last international appearance was at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 1966 . There she came in fourth place over 5 km and over 10 km.

Mekschilo was seven times Soviet champion with the relay (1954, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.baltinfo.ru/2013/01/16/V-Peterburge-skonchalas-olimpiiskaya-chempionka-po-lyzhnym-gonkam-Evdokiya-Mekshilo-330387
  2. ↑ a b Results Svenska Skidspelen
  3. ↑ Profile on infosport.ru
personal data
SURNAME Mekschilo, Evdokija Panteleevna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Мекшило, Евдокия Пантелеевна (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Gorno-Altaysk
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 2013
Place of death St. Petersburg