Olga Bicherova

Olga Bicherova
Personal information
Full name	Russian: Ольга Анатольевна Бичерова
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	October 26, 1967 (1967-10-26) (age 44) Moscow, Russian SFSR
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics

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

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-round title and placed first on the vault. A year later, Bicherova won the team gold and all-round gold at the 1981 World Championships, starting a series of major international successes, which included the all-round 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.

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.

External links

• Olga Bicherova at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
• List of competitive results
• Whatever happened to Olga Bicherova?

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Name	Bicherova, Olga
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Date of birth	October 26, 1967
Place of birth	Moscow, Russian SFSR
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