Maria Gusakova

Maria Ivanovna Gusakova is a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s for VSS Spartak. She won a complete set Winter Olympic medals with a gold in the 10 km (1960), a silver in the 3 × 5 km relay (1960) and a bronze in the 10 km (1964). Gusakova also earned a complete set of medals at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 3 × 5 km relay, a silver in the 10 km, and a bronze in the 5 km. She was born in the village of Timoshkino, Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast.