Olga Zavyalova
Olga Viktorovna Zavyalova, née Korneyeva is a Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2010. She won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two gold, one silver, and three bronzes.
Zavyalova's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was seventh in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit in Turin in 2006. She has twelve additional individual victories at distances up to 30 km from 1996 to 2006.
Zayalova took the 2007-08 season off due to pregnancy, but returned for the 2008-09 season.
Since her retirement after the 2010 Winter Olympics, Zayalova has been acting as a sports ambassador for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation.Olympic Games
World Championships
- 6 medals –
| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay | Team sprint |
| 1993 | 20 | 18 | — | 16 | — | — | |||
| 1995 | 22 | 27 | — | 9 | — | — | |||
| 2001 | 28 | 10 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2003 | 30 | 5 | Bronze | Bronze | Gold | — | Bronze | ||
| 2005 | 32 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 32 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | 34 | Silver | Gold | 8 | — | 7 | — | ||
| 2009 | 36 | — | 33 | 13 | — | — | — |
World Cup
Season standings
Individual podiums
- 1 victory –
- 15 podiums –
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
| 1 | 1994–95 | 17 December 1994 |  Sappada, Italy | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 2 | 1994–95 | 20 December 1994 | Sappada, Italy | 5 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 3 | 2000–01 | 10 March 2001 |  Oslo, Norway | 30 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd |
| 4 | 2000–01 | 17 March 2001 |  Falun, Sweden | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 5 | 2000–01 | 24 March 2001 |  Kuopio, Finland | 40 km Mass Start F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 6 | 2002–03 | 15 February 2003 | Asiago, Italy | 5 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd |
| 7 | 2002–03 | 16 March 2003 | Lahti, Finland | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 8 | 2002–03 | 22 March 2003 | Falun, Sweden | 5 km + 5 km Skiathlon C/F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 9 | 2003–04 | 29 November 2003 | Rukatunturi, Finland | 7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 10 | 2003–04 | 14 February 2004 |  Oberstdorf, Germany | 7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 11 | 2003–04 | 7 March 2004 | Lahti, Finland | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd |
| 12 | 2004–05 | 12 February 2005 | Reit im Winkl, Germany | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st |
| 13 | 2006–07 | 2 January 2007 | Oberstdorf, Germany | 5 km + 5 km Skiathlon C/F | Stage World Cup | 3rd |
| 14 | 2006–07 | 3 February 2007 |  Davos, Switzerland | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 15 | 2006–07 | 11 March 2007 | Lahti, Finland | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
Team podiums
- 7 victories –
- 23 podiums –
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammate |
| 1 | 1994–95 | 29 January 1995 | Lahti, Finland | 4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 1st | Gavrylyuk / Lazutina / Välbe |
| 2 | 1994–95 | 12 February 1995 | Oslo, Norway | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Baranova-Masalkina / Shalina / Martynova |
| 3 | 1995–96 | 17 December 1995 | Santa Caterina, Italy | 4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 3rd | Nageykina / Chepalova / Baranova-Masalkina |
| 4 | 1995–96 | 3 February 1996 |  Seefeld, Austria | 6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 3rd | Välbe |
| 5 | 1995–96 | 17 March 1996 | Oslo, Norway | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Nageykina / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk |
| 6 | 1996–97 | 24 November 1996 | Kiruna, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 3rd | Nageykina / Chepalova / Danilova |
| 7 | 1996–97 | 15 December 1996 | Brusson, Italy | 4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 2nd | Nageykina / Lazutina / Chepalova |
| 8 | 1997–98 | 7 December 1997 | Santa Caterina, Italy | 4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 2nd | Baranova-Masalkina / Nageykina / Gavrylyuk |
| 9 | 1997–98 | 14 December 1997 | Val di Fiemme, Italy | 4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 3rd | Baranova-Masalkina / Chepalova / Gavrylyuk |
| 10 | 1997–98 | 6 March 1998 | Lahti, Finland | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Nageykina / Baranova-Masalkina / Skladneva |
| 11 | 1999–00 | 13 January 2000 |  Nové Město, Czech Republic | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Gavrylyuk / Skladneva / Chepalova |
| 12 | 1999–00 | 27 February 2000 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 1st | Danilova / Lazutina / Chepalova |
| 13 | 1999–00 | 4 March 2000 | Lahti, Finland | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Danilova / Gavrylyuk / Chepalova |
| 14 | 2000–01 | 9 December 2000 | Santa Caterina, Italy | 4 × 3 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Gavrylyuk / Lazutina / Chepalova |
| 15 | 2000–01 | 13 December 2000 | Clusone, Italy | 6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 1st | Chepalova |
| 16 | 2001–02 | 27 November 2001 | Kuopio, Finland | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Sidko / Yegorova / Burukhina |
| 17 | 2001–02 | 3 March 2002 | Lahti, Finland | 4 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd | Gavrylyuk |
| 18 | 2002–03 | 8 December 2002 | Davos, Switzerland | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Vasilyeva / Medvedeva-Arbuzova / Gavrylyuk |
| 19 | 2003–04 | 23 November 2003 | Beitostølen, Norway | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Hahina / Sidko / Vorontsova |
| 20 | 2003–04 | 14 December 2003 | Davos, Switzerland | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Kurkina / Vasilyeva / Vorontsova |
| 21 | 2003–04 | 7 February 2004 |  La Clusaz, France | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Kurkina / Vasilyeva / Vorontsova |
| 22 | 2003–04 | 22 February 2004 | Umeå, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Kurkina / Vorontsova / Chepalova |
| 23 | 2003–04 | 6 March 2004 | Lahti, Finland | 6 × 1.0 km Team Sprint C | World Cup | 3rd | Kurkina |