Lina Anatolyevna Cheryazova (Russian: Лина Анатольевна Черязова, 1 November 1968 – 23 March 2019) was an Uzbek freestyle skier who competed in aerials. She won a bronze medal at the 1990 European Championship and a gold medal at the 1993 World Championships before winning the gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics with a score of 166.84. So far she is the only athlete to have won a Winter Olympic medal while representing Uzbekistan. Her achievements earned her the title of Honored Athlete of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
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1 November 1968 Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Soviet Union
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Died |
23 March 2019 (aged 50) Novosibirsk, Russia
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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