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Vida Venciene

Vida Vencienė
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Calgary 10 km
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Calgary 5 km

Vida Vencienė (maiden name Vida Mogenytė; born 28 May 1961 in Ukmergė) is a former cross-country skier who represented the USSR and later Lithuania from 1988 to 1994. She won a gold medal over 10 km and a bronze over 5 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary for the USSR.

Her best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 7th in the 30 km event in 1989. She also finished 2nd in a 10 km event in a World Cup event in Leningrad in 1988.



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