# Lyubov Yegorova (cross-country skier)

Lyubov Ivanovna Yegorova (Russian: Любо́вь Ива́новна Его́рова; born 5 May 1966), name also spelled Ljubov Jegorova, is a Russian former cross-country Olympic ski champion, multiple world champion (first time in 1991), winner of the World Cup (1993) and Hero of Russia. Lyubov Yegorova is an honorary citizen of Seversk (1992), Saint Petersburg (1994), and Tomsk Oblast (2005).

## Career

Yegorova won several medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three golds (4 × 5 km relay: 1991, 1993; 30 km: 1991), one silver (5 km: 1993), and two bronzes (5 km + 10 km combined pursuit, 30 km: 1993).
She also won the women's 15 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1994.
Additionally, Yegorova won a total of nine medals at the Winter Olympics, earning six golds and three silver.
She was the most successful athlete at both the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. She won the Holmenkollen medal in 1994 (shared with Vladimir Smirnov and Espen Bredesen).

### Doping case

Yegorova decided to retire after the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim when she was disqualified for doping on bromantan, a stimulant drug. She was disqualified on 26 February 1997, three days after winning gold in the women's 5 km event, and stripped of that medal.

### Return

She returned after the suspension to compete at the 2002 Winter Olympics but did not win a medal there.

## Cross-country skiing results

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

### Olympic Games

* 9 medals – (6 gold, 3 silver)
| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km  relay |
| 1992 | 25 | Silver | — | Gold | Gold | Silver | — | Gold |
| 1994 | 27 | Gold | — | Silver | Gold | 5 | — | Gold |
| 2002 | 35 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 11 | — |

### World Championships

* 6 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 4 × 5 km  relay |
| 1991 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | — | Gold | Gold |
| 1993 | 26 | Silver | — | 15 | Bronze | Bronze | Gold |
| 1997 | 30 | DSQ | — | 6 | DNS | — | — |

### World Cup
#### Season titles

* 1 titles – (1 overall)
| Season |
| Season | Discipline |
| 1993 | Overall |

#### Season standings

| Season | Age |
| Season | Age | Overall | Long Distance | Middle Distance | Sprint |
| 1984 | 17 | 45 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 21 | 29 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 22 | 42 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 23 | 6 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 24 | | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 25 | | — | — | — |
| 1993 | 26 | | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 27 | | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 29 | 5 | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 30 | 10 | 9 | — | 9 |
| 1999 | 32 | 41 | 36 | — | 54 |
| 2000 | 33 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
| 2001 | 34 | 22 | — | — | 26 |
| 2002 | 35 | 17 | — | — | 21 |
| 2003 | 36 | 34 | — | — | 44 |

#### Individual podiums

* 13 victories
* 41 podiums
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
| 1 | 1989–90 | 20 February 1990 | Val di Fiemme, Italy | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 2 | 1989–90 | 25 February 1990 | Bohinj, Yugoslavia | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 3 | 1989–90 | 17 March 1990 | Vang, Norway | 10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 4 | 1990–91 | 15 December 1990 | Davos, Switzerland | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 5 | 1990–91 | 20 December 1990 | Les Saisies, France | 5 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 6 | 1990–91 | 16 February 1991 | Val di Fiemme, Italy | 30 km Individual F | World Championships | 1st |
| 7 | 1990–91 | 2 March 1991 | Lahti, Finland | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 8 | 1990–91 | 9 March 1991 | Falun, Sweden | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 9 | 1991–92 | 8 December 1991 | Silver Star, Canada | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd |
| 10 | 1991–92 | 14 December 1991 | Thunder Bay, Canada | 5 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 11 | 1991–92 | 9 February 1992 | Albertville, France | 15 km Individual C | Olympic Games | 1st |
| 12 | 1991–92 | 13 February 1992 | Albertville, France | 5 km Individual C | Olympic Games | 2nd |
| 13 | 1991–92 | 15 February 1992 | Albertville, France | 10 km Pursuit F | Olympic Games | 1st |
| 14 | 1991–92 | 21 February 1992 | Albertville, France | 30 km Individual F | Olympic Games | 2nd |
| 15 | 1991–92 | 7 March 1992 | Funäsdalen, Sweden | 5 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd |
| 16 | 1991–92 | 14 March 1992 | Vang, Norway | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 17 | 1992–93 | 18 December 1992 | Val di Fiemme, Italy | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st |
| 18 | 1992–93 | 3 January 1993 | Kavgolovo, Russia | 30 km individual C | World Cup | 1st |
| 19 | 1992–93 | 16 January 1993 | Cogne, Italy | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 20 | 1992–93 | 21 February 1993 | Falun, Sweden | 5 km Individual C | World Championships | 2nd |
| 21 | 1992–93 | 23 February 1993 | Falun, Sweden | 10 km Pursuit F | World Championships | 3rd |
| 22 | 1992–93 | 27 February 1993 | Falun, Sweden | 30 km Individual F | World Championships | 3rd |
| 23 | 1992–93 | 6 March 1993 | Lahti, Finland | 5 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st |
| 24 | 1992–93 | 9 March 1993 | Lillehammer, Norway | 5 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 25 | 1992–93 | 10 March 1993 | Lillehammer, Norway | 10 km Pursuit F | World Cup | 1st |
| 26 | 1992–93 | 19 March 1993 | Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 27 | 1993–94 | 11 December 1993 | Santa Caterina, Italy | 5 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 28 | 1993–94 | 21 December 1993 | Toblach, Italy | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 29 | 1993–94 | 8 January 1994 | Kavgolovo, Russia | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
| 30 | 1993–94 | 15 January 1994 | Oslo, Norway | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st |
| 31 | 1993–94 | 13 February 1994 | Lillehammer, Norway | 15 km Individual F | Olympic Games | 2nd |
| 32 | 1993–94 | 15 February 1994 | Lillehammer, Norway | 5 km Individual C | Olympic Games | 1st |
| 33 | 1993–94 | 17 February 1994 | Lillehammer, Norway | 10 km Pursuit F | Olympic Games | 1st |
| 34 | 1993–94 | 6 March 1994 | Lahti, Finland | 30 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 35 | 1993–94 | 20 March 1994 | Thunder Bay, Canada | 10 km Pursuit F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 36 | 1995–96 | 25 November 1995 | Vuokatti, Finland | 5 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
| 37 | 1995–96 | 29 November 1995 | Gällivare, Sweden | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 38 | 1995–96 | 10 December 1995 | Davos, Switzerland | 10 km Pursuit C | World Cup | 1st |
| 39 | 1995–96 | 13 December 1995 | Brusson, Italy | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 40 | 1995–96 | 16 December 1995 | Santa Caterina, Italy | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 41 | 1996–97 | 5 January 1997 | Kavgolovo, Russia | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |

#### Team podiums

* 12 victories
* 21 podiums
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
| 1 | 1989–90 | 4 March 1990 | Lahti, Finland | 4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 2nd | Nageykina / Smetanina / Lazutina |
| 2 | 1989–90 | 11 March 1990 | Örnsköldsvik, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Lazutina / Tikhonova / Välbe |
| 3 | 1990–91 | 15 February 1991 | Val di Fiemme, Italy | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Championships | 1st | Smetanina / Tikhonova / Välbe |
| 4 | 1990–91 | 10 March 1991 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 1st | Nageykina / Tikhonova / Välbe |
| 5 | 1991–92 | 18 February 1992 | Albertville, France | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | Olympic Games | 1st | Välbe / Smetanina / Lazutina |
| 6 | 1991–92 | 8 March 1992 | Funäsdalen, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 2nd | Välbe / Lazutina / Nageykina |
| 7 | 1992–93 | 26 February 1993 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Championships | 1st | Välbe / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk |
| 8 | 1993–94 | 22 February 1994 | Lillehammer, Norway | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | Olympic Games | 1st | Välbe / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk |
| 9 | 1995–96 | 17 December 1995 | Santa Caterina, Italy | 4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 1st | Lazutina / Gavrylyuk / Välbe |
| 10 | 1995–96 | 10 March 1996 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Gavrylyuk / Lazutina / Välbe |
| 11 | 1996–97 | 24 November 1996 | Kiruna, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 1st | Gavrylyuk / Lazutina / Välbe |
| 12 | 1996–97 | 8 December 1996 | Davos, Switzerland | 4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 2nd | Gavrylyuk / Lazutina / Välbe |
| 13 | 1996–97 | 15 December 1996 | Brusson, Italy | 4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 1st | Gavrylyuk / Danilova / Välbe |
| 14 | 1998–99 | 14 March 1999 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Gavrylyuk / Reztsova / Skladneva |
| 15 | 1998–99 | 21 March 1999 | Oslo, Norway | 4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 2nd | Baranova-Masalkina / Reztsova / Skladneva |
| 16 | 1999–00 | 28 November 1999 | Kiruna, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 1st | Skladneva / Reztsova / Chepalova |
| 17 | 1999–00 | 13 January 2000 | Nové Město, Czech Republic | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Danilova / Nageykina / Lazutina |
| 18 | 1999–00 | 27 February 2000 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 2nd | Nageykina / Skladneva / Gavrylyuk |
| 19 | 1999–00 | 4 March 2000 | Lahti, Finland | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Denisova / Stchastlivaia / Skladneva |
| 20 | 2000–01 | 26 November 2000 | Beitostølen, Norway | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Danilova / Lazutina / Chepalova |
| 21 | 2001–02 | 27 November 2001 | Kuopio, Finland | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Sidko / Burukhina / Zavyalova |
Note: $^1$ Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

## Personal life

She is the mother of Viktor Sysoyev.