Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Klavdiya Boyarskikh

cross-country skier

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1939

Place of Birth: Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 12-Dec-2009

Profession: cross-country skier

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Klavdiya Sergeyevna Boyarskikh (Russian: ??????? ????????? ????????; 11 November 1939 – 12 December 2009) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed in the 1960s. In 1964, Boyarskikh won her first Soviet titles, in the 5 km and relay, and was selected for the Olympic Games.
There she ran the fastest leg of the 3×5 km relay, and became the first female cross-country skier to win all Olympic events.
In 1966, she won two more national titles, in the 5 and 10 km, as well as two world titles.
Next year she had her last two national victories, in the 5 km and relay.
She also won three times at the Holmenkollen ski festival with two wins in 10 km (1965, 1966) and one win in the 5 km (1967).
Boyarskikh retired in 1968 and until her death worked as a skiing coach with Lokomotiv Sverdlovsk.
Since 1970, the annual Klavdiya Boyarskikh Cup in cross-country skiing is held in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg).