Lyubov Alekseevna Kulakova (born June 9, 1920 , Moscow , USSR - 1942 , USSR ) - Soviet skier and skier , 3-time USSR champion in cross-country skiing (1938: 5 km race and 3x5 km relay; 1941: race on 5 km). Winner of the All-Union Alpine Skiing Competition. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1942).
| Lyubov Alekseevna Kulakova | ||||||||||
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| Floor | female | |||||||||
| Full name | Lyubov Alekseevna Kulakova | |||||||||
| A country |  the USSR | |||||||||
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| Club | " Stalinets " ( Moscow ) | |||||||||
| Date of Birth | June 9, 1920 | |||||||||
| Place of Birth | Moscow , USSR | |||||||||
| Date of death | April 23, 1942 (21 years old) | |||||||||
| Place of death | village Linki , Smolensky district , Smolensk region , USSR | |||||||||
Awards and medals
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Partisan of the Great Patriotic War , died in the battles for their homeland. Posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War I degree.
Biography
Born in a working class family. She studied at the Moscow school N 435.
Since 1935, she trained with A. G. Penyazev. With the outbreak of World War II, volunteers went into the armed forces as a ski instructor of a separate motorized rifle brigade. In March 1942 she was sent to the partisans and was a scout. In the battle she was mortally wounded by a shell fragment.
She was buried in a mass grave near the village of Kasplya .
Sporting Achievements
Cross country skiing
| Year | Distance | A place |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 5 km relay race | |
| 1939 | 10 km 5 km | |
| 1940 | 15 km 5 km 4 × 5 km relay team run 5 km | (com. "Stalinist") (com. "Stalinist") |
| 1941 | 5 km 5 km (paramilitary race) 15 km | - - |
Memory
Monument at the stadium "Locomotive" [2]
Literature
Life is bright as a feat // Soviet Sport N 79 of April 6, 1985
Notes
- ↑ Cross country skiing. Reference / Compiled by G.P. Markov . - M .: "Physical Culture and Sports", 1985. - S. 28-51.
- ↑ Monument to Lyubov Kulakova
