Daria Gaiazova (born 24 December 1983) is a Canadian cross-country skier.
She was born in Russia and moved with her family to Montreal in 1999. Competing since 2001, she finished seventh in the team sprint, 16th in the 4 x 5 km relay, 22nd in the individual sprint, and 42nd in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit events. Gaiazova's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 16th in the 4 x 5 km relay at Sapporo in 2007 while her best individual finish was 28th in the individual sprint event at Liberec two years later.
Her best World Cup finish was 12th on three occasions, all in sprint events, since 2005.
Gaiazova participated at four events in the 2010 Olympics (two individual and two team events), where her best result was the seventh place in the team sprint, together with Sara Renner.
Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games Year Age 10 km individual 15 km skiathlon 30 km mass start Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2014 30 42 — — 24 13 10
World Championships Year Age 10 km individual 15 km skiathlon 30 km mass start Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2007 23 47 46 40 52 16 — 2009 25 — 46 28 — — 2011 27 37 — — 20 14 6 2013 29 40 — — 42 13
World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standings style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;" colspan="3 |Ski Tour standings |- ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Overall ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Distance ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Sprint ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|NordicOpening ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Tour deSki ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|World CupFinal |- | 2006 || 22 || || || || || || |- | 2007 || 23 || || || || || || |- | 2008 || 24 || || || || || — || — |- | 2009 || 25 || 78 || 64 || 78 || || — || 51 |- | 2010 || 26 || 71 || 82 || 43 || || — || 41 |- | 2011 || 27 || 53 || || 31 || 48 ||— || — |- | 2012 || 28 || 46 || 67 || 26 || ||— || 41 |- | 2013 || 29 || 42 || 82 || 17 || || — || |- | 2014 || 30'' 68 40 —
Team podiums
2 podiums – (2 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate1 2010–11 5 December 2010 Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 0.9 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Crawford2 2012–13 3 February 2013 Sochi, Russia 6 × 1.25 km Team Sprint C World Cup 3rd Jones
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Sources
Daria Gaiazova's website