Olga Bicherova Explained

Olga Bicherova
Fullname:Russian: Ольга Анатольевна Бичерова
Birth Date:26 October 1967
Birth Place:Moscow, Russian SFSR
Discipline:WAG
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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.[1]

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

YearEventTeamAAVTUBBBFX
Junior
1978align=left Junior Prague-Moscow Dual Meet
1979align=left Junior Friendship Tournament 95
align=left Junior GDR-USSR Dual Meet
align=left Junior USSR Championships
align=left Junior USSR Cup 5
1980align=left Junior Friendship Tournament
align=left Junior GDR-USSR Dual Meet 7
align=left Junior USSR Championships
align=left TBS Cup
Senior
1981align=left Chunichi Cup
align=left 23 4
align=left Junior Friendship Tournament
align=left Moscow Championships
align=left Schoolchildren's Spartakiade 6
align=left Tokyo Cup
align=left USSR Championships 4 4
align=left 8
1982align=left Budapest Invitational
align=left
align=left USA-USSR Dual Meet 7
1983
align=left
align=left USSR Cup 18
align=left 5
1985align=left
align=left USSR Championships 9
align=left USSR Cup 10
1986align=left Leningrad International 6
align=left USSR Championships 54 6
align=left USSR Cup 5
align=left USSR Spartakiade 4 6
1987align=left USA-USSR Dual Meet 8
1988align=left Champions All 10
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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olga Bicherova (URS) . https://web.archive.org/web/20100527103609/http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/bicherova.htm . dead . 2010-05-27 . Gymnastics Greats.
  2. Web site: Olga Bicherova (USSR) . Gymn Forum . 30 July 2022 . 19 August 2019.