Olga Bicherova

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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.

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.{{cite web |title=Olga Bicherova (URS) |url=http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/bicherova.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527103609/http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/bicherova.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-05-27 |website=Gymnastics Greats}}

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.

Competitive history

align=center\|Year ! align=center\|Event ! style="width:30px;"\|Team ! style="width:30px;"\|AA ! style="width:30px;"\|VT ! style="width:30px;"\|UB ! style="width:30px;"\|BB ! style="width:30px;"\|FX
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colspan="8" \| Junior
rowspan="1" \| 1978 \| align=left \| Junior Prague-Moscow Dual Meet	{{gold1}}	{{bronze3}}
rowspan="4" \| 1979 \| align=left \| Junior Friendship Tournament	{{gold1}}	9	5
align=left \| Junior GDR-USSR Dual Meet		{{silver2}}
align=left \| Junior USSR Championships		{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}			{{silver2}}
align=left \| Junior USSR Cup		5			{{silver2}}
rowspan="4" \| 1980 \| align=left \| Junior Friendship Tournament	{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}			{{silver2}}
align=left \| Junior GDR-USSR Dual Meet		7
align=left \| Junior USSR Championships	{{bronze3}}	{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}		{{silver2}}
align=left \| TBS Cup			{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}		{{gold1}}
colspan="8" \| Senior
rowspan="8" \| 1981 \| align=left \| Chunichi Cup		{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}		{{gold1}}
bgcolor=#F5F6CE \| align=left \| European Championships		23	4
align=left \| Junior Friendship Tournament		{{gold1}}
align=left \| Moscow Championships		{{gold1}}
align=left \| Schoolchildren's Spartakiade	{{gold1}}	{{bronze3}}				6
align=left \| Tokyo Cup			{{gold1}}		{{gold1}}
align=left \| USSR Championships		4	{{bronze3}}	4
bgcolor=#CCCCFF \| align=left \| World Championships	{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}		8
rowspan="3" \| 1982 \| align=left \| Budapest Invitational					{{gold1}}
align=left \| World Cup Final		{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}	{{silver2}}	{{bronze3}}	{{gold1}}
align=left \| USA-USSR Dual Meet		7
rowspan="4" \| 1983
bgcolor=#F5F6CE \| align=left \| European Championships		{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}			{{gold1}}
align=left \| USSR Cup		18	{{silver2}}
bgcolor=#CCCCFF \| align=left \| World Championships	{{gold1}}		5
rowspan="3" \| 1985 \| align=left \| Summer Universiade	{{gold1}}
align=left \| USSR Championships				9
align=left \| USSR Cup		10
rowspan="4" \| 1986 \| align=left \| Leningrad International		6	{{silver2}}		{{bronze3}}
align=left \| USSR Championships			5	4	6
align=left \| USSR Cup		5
align=left \| USSR Spartakiade		4			6
rowspan="1" \| 1987 \| align=left \| USA-USSR Dual Meet	{{gold1}}	8
rowspan="1" \| 1988 \| align=left \| Champions All		10

{{cite web |title=Olga Bicherova (USSR) |url=https://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/bicherova.html |website=Gymn Forum |access-date=30 July 2022 |date=19 August 2019}}

References

External links

{{FIG|bio=24292|lic=791|name=Olga Bicherova}}
[http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/bicherova.html Olga Bicherova] at Gymn-Forum.net
{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527103609/http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/bicherova.htm |date=May 27, 2010 |title=Whatever happened to... Olga Bicherova (gymn.ca)}}

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Category:1967 births

Category:Living people

Category:Gymnasts from Moscow

Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR

Category:Soviet female artistic gymnasts

Category:World champion gymnasts

Category:Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Category:European champions in gymnastics