Yuliya Shamshurina

Yuliya Shamshurina
Country Russia
Born (1962-07-16) 16 July 1962 (age 62)
Udmurt ASSR, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons5 – (19821985, 1989)
Starts19
Podiums1
Wins1
Overall titles0 – (8th in 1989)
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Soviet Union
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1989 Lahti 4 × 5 km relay
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Schonach 3 × 5 km relay

Yuliya Mikhailovna Shamshurina (Russian: Ю́лия Михаловна Шамшу́рина, née Stepanova; born 16 July 1962) is a Soviet cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 1989, training at VSS Urozhay in Ustinov. She won a silver medal in the 4x5 km at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti and had her best individual finish of fourth in the 10 km event at those same championships.

At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Shamshurina (then known as Yuliya Stepanova), she finished fourth in the 4 × 5 km relay and had her best individual finish of eighth in the 10 km event.

Her lone career victory was in a 10 km event in Switzerland in 1988.


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