Lyubov Kozyreva (cross-country skier)

Lyubov Kozyreva

Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
	1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	10 km
	1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	3 × 5 km relay
	1960 Squaw Valley	10 km
	1960 Squaw Valley	3 × 5 km relay
World Championships
	1954 Falun	10 km
	1954 Falun	3 × 5 km relay
	1958 Lahti	3 × 5 km relay
	1962 Zakopane	3 × 5 km relay
	1958 Lahti	10 km
	1962 Zakopane	5 km

Lyubov Vladimirovna Kozyreva (Russian: Любо́вь Влади́мировна Ко́зырева), Lyubov Baranova from 1960 onwards (27 August 1929 – 22 June 2015), was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s and 1960s with VSS Burevestnik. She was born in the settlement of Bugry, Vsevolozhsky District, Leningrad Oblast and died in Moscow.

She won four Winter Olympic medals with a gold in the 10 km (1956) and silvers in the 10 km (1960) and the 3 × 5 km relay (1956, 1960). She also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1955, becoming the first Soviet athlete to win at the Holmenkollen. Her biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships where she won six medals, including four golds (10 km: 1954, 3 × 5 km relay: 1954, 1958, 1962) and two silvers (10 km: 1958, 5 km: 1962).