lydia wideman (later "wideman-lehtonen"; 17 may 1920 – 13 april 2019) was a finnish olympic cross-country skier gold medalist. she was born in vilppula, finland. she was the first female olympic medalist in cross-country skiing. in 1952 she competed in thirteen 10 km races and won all of them, including the 1952 winter olympics, national championships and lahti ski games.