Nina Rocheva
Cross-country skier
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| Intro | Cross-country skier | ||
| Places | Russia | ||
| is | Cross-country skier | ||
| Work field | Sports | ||
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| Birth | 13 October 1948 | ||
| Age | 76 years | ||
| Star sign | Libra | ||
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Biography
Nina Petrovna Rocheva (Russian: Нина Петровна Рочева, née Selyunina; 13 October 1948) is a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed from 1978 to 1980. She won a silver medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
Rocheva also earned two medals in the 4 × 5 km relay at the world ski championships: gold (under her maiden name Selyunina at the 1974 Championships in Falun, Sweden, and bronze at the 1978 World Championships in Lahti, Finland.
She is married to the Soviet Olympic champion in cross-country skiing Vasily (Pavlovich) Rochev, she is the mother of Vasily (Vasilyevich) Rochev, also Olympic medalist in that discipline.
Cross-country skiing results
Olympic Games
- 1 medal – (1 silver)
| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 4 × 5 km relay |
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| 1980 | 31 | 15 | — | Silver |
World Championships
- 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 20 km | 4 × 5 km relay |
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| 1974 | 25 | — | — | N/A | Gold |
| 1978 | 29 | — | 8 | — | Bronze |