Viola Bauer
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Viola Bauer (born December 13 , 1976 ) is a German cross-country skier who competed from 1995 to 2007 . She has won a complete set of medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold (2002 ) and a silver (2006 ) in the 4 x 5 km, and a bronze in the 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit (2002). Bauer also has a complete set of 4 x 5 km medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2003 , a silver in 2007 , and a bronze in 1999 . Her best individual finish at the World Championships was a 6th in the Individual sprint event in 2005 . Bauer had eleven individual wins at various levels from 1998 to 2007. She retired following the 2006-07 World Cup season.[1]
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Olympic champions in women's cross country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay
3 x 5 km
1956 Finland - Sirkka Polkunen , Mirja Hietamies , & Siiri Rantanen * 1960 Sweden - Irma Johansson , Britt Strandberg , & Sonja Ruthström-Edström * 1964 Soviet Union - Alevtina Kolchina , Yevdokiya Mekshilo , & Klavdiya Boyarskikh * 1968 Norway - Inger Aufles , Babben Enger-Damon , & Berit Mørdre Lammedal * 1972 Soviet Union - Lyubov Mukhachyova , Alevtina Olyunina , & Galina Kulakova
4 x 5 km
1976 Soviet Union - Nina Baldycheva , Zinaida Amosova , Raisa Smetanina , & Galina Kulakova * 1980 East Germany - Marlies Rostock , Carola Anding , Veronika Hesse , & Barbara Petzold * 1984 Norway - Inger Helene Nybråten , Anne Jahren , Britt Pettersen , & Berit Aunli * 1988 Soviet Union - Svetlana Nageykina , Nina Gavrilyuk , Tamara Tikhonova , & Anfisa Reztsova * 1992 Unified Team - Yelena Välbe , Raisa Smetanina , Larisa Lazutina , & Lyubov Yegorova * 1994 Russia - Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrilyuk , & Lyubov Yegorova * 1998 Russia - Nina Gavrilyuk , Olga Danilova , Yelena Välbe , & Larisa Lazutina * 2002 Germany - Manuela Henkel , Viola Bauer , Claudia Künzel , & Evi Sachenbacher * 2006 Russia - Natalia Baranova-Masolkina , Larisa Kurkina , Yuliya Chepalova , & Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova
World champions in women's cross country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay
3 x 5 km
1954 Soviet Union - Lyubov Kozyreva , Margarita Maslennikova & Valentina Tsaryova * 1958 Soviet Union - Radya Yeroshina , Alevtina Kolchina & Lyubov Kozyreva * 1962 Soviet Union - Lyubov Baranova , Maria Gusakova & Alevtina Kolchina * 1966 Soviet Union - Klavdiya Boyarskikh , Rita Achkina & Alevtina Kolchina * 1970 Soviet Union - Nina Baldycheva , Galina Kulakova & Alevtina Olyunina
4 x 5 km
1974 Soviet Union - Nina Baldycheva , Nina Selyunina , Raisa Smetanina & Galina Kulakova * 1978 Finland - Taina Impiö , Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen , Hilkka Riihivuori & Helena Takalo * 1982 Norway - Anette Bøe , Inger Helene Nybråten , Berit Aunli & Britt Pettersen * 1985 Soviet Union - Tamara Tikhonova , Raisa Smetanina , Liliya Vasilchenko & Anfisa Romanova * 1987 Soviet Union - Antonina Ordina , Nina Gavrilyuk , Larisa Ptistyna , & Anfisa Reztsova * 1989 Finland - Pirkko Määttä , Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi , Jaana Savolainen & Marjo Matikainen * 1991 Soviet Union - Lyubov Yegorova , Raisa Smetanina , Tamara Tikhonova & Yelena Välbe * 1993 Russia - Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrilyuk & Lyubov Yegorova * 1995 Russia - Olga Danilova , Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina & Nina Gavrilyuk * 1997 Russia - Olga Danilova , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrilyuk & Yelena Välbe * 1999 Russia - Olga Danilova , Larisa Lazutina , Anfisa Reztsova & Nina Gavrilyuk * 2001 Russia - Olga Danilova , Larisa Lazutina , Yuliya Chepalova & Nina Gavrilyuk * 2003 Germany - Manuela Henkel , Viola Bauer , Claudia Künzel & Evi Sachenbacher * 2005 Norway - Vibeke Skofterud , Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen , Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen * 2007 Finland - Virpi Kuitunen , Aino-Kaisa Saarinen , Riitta-Liisa Roponen & Pirjo Manninen
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