Anfisa Anatolyevna Reztsova, née Romanova, (Russian: Анфи́са Анато́льевна Резцо́ва) (born 16 December 1964 in the village of Yakimets, Gus-Khrustalny District, Vladimir Oblast) is a former Soviet (until 1991) and Russian biathlete and cross-country skier who competed in both sports from 1985 to 2000.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Cross-country skiing results
  • 2.1 Olympic Games
  • 2.2 World Championships
  • 2.3 World Cup
    • 2.3.1 Season standings
    • 2.3.2 Individual podiums
    • 2.3.3 Team podiums
• 3 References

Career

In Soviet times, she trained at Dynamo in Vladimir.

She earned a total of five medals in the Winter Olympics, including three golds (1988: cross country 4 × 5:km relay, 1992: biathlon 7.5:km, 1994: biathlon 4 × 7.5:km relay), one silver (1988: cross country 20:km), and one bronze (1992: biathlon 3 × 7.5:km relay). She is notable for performing the feat of being the only person to win Olympic gold medals in both cross-country skiing and biathlon. She is one of the few sportspersons to win gold at three consecutive Olympics under three different flags, the first being the Soviet Union in 1988, the second - Unified Team in 1992, and the third being the Russian Federation in 1994.

Reztsova also found success at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, earning three golds (4 × 5:km relay: 1985, 1987, 1999) and two silvers (1987: 5:km, 20:km). She also won one cross-country World Cup and seven biathlon World Cups in her career.

She lives in Moscow. She is the mother of biathletes Daria Virolaynen and Kristina Reztsova.

In an interview with a Russian sports website, she admitted having used illegal performance-enhancing drugs at the end of her career.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

• 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)

World Championships

• 5 medals – (3 gold, 2 silver)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

• 10 podiums

Team podiums

• 8 victories
• 11 podiums

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

• "Anfisa RESTZOVA". Archived from the original on July 14, 2006. Retrieved December 12, 2006. at the International Biathlon Union
• REZTSOVA ROMANOVA Anfisa at the International Ski Federation. Birth date listed as December 6, 1964.