Olga Bicherova

Olga Anatolyevna Bicherova (born 26 October 1967 or 26 October 1966 in Moscow, Russian SFSR) is a retired Soviet gymnast, who won the women's all-around gold medal at the 1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Olga Bicherova
Full nameRussian: Ольга Анатольевна Бичерова
Country represented Soviet Union
Born (1967-10-26) 26 October 1967
Moscow, Russian SFSR
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
World Championships
1981 MoscowTeam
1981 MoscowAll-Around
1983 BudapestTeam
World Cup Final
1982 ZagrebAll-Around
1982 ZagrebVault
1982 ZagrebFloor Exercise
1982 ZagrebUneven Bars
1982 ZagrebBalance Beam
European Championships
1983 GothenburgAll-Around
1983 GothenburgVault
1983 GothenburgFloor Exercise

Career

Bicherova began gymnastics at age 7, initially training at the CSKA Moscow sports school and later representing the Armed Forces sports society. Her first major success was at the 1980 Junior Friendship Tournament, where she won the team gold, all-around title and placed first on the vault. A year later, Bicherova won the team gold and all-around gold at the 1981 World Championships, starting a series of major international successes, which included the all-around title at both the 1982 World Cup and the 1983 European Championships. She didn't compete at the boycotted 1984 Summer Olympics and also missed the Friendship Games. Olga's youthful appearance at the 1981 Gymnastics Championship caused many to question her age (supposedly 15), and hence her eligibility to compete.[1] Bicherova later admitted that she competed using false documents.[2]

Bicherova was an Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. Due to an elbow injury, she retired from gymnastics in 1988 and worked as a coach for some time. She married fellow Soviet gymnast Valentin Mogilny.

References
  1. "Olga Bicherova (URS)". Gymnastics Greates. Archived from the original on 2010-05-27.
  2. "FIG Clears Chinese Champions". International Gymnast. October 1, 2008.


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