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Name
  
Olga Sukharnova

Role
  
Basketball Player


Height
  
1.92 m

Weight
  
94 kg

Olga Leonidovna Sukharnova (Russian: Ольга Леонидовна Сухарнова; born February 14, 1955 in Perekhodinskoye, Krasnodar Kray) is a retired female basketball player, who twice won the gold medal with the Soviet national team at the Summer Olympics; 1976 and 1980.

  1. Participation in the Final Four of the Champions League 1993 in Valencia
  2. Champion USSR in 1978
  3. runner up USSR in 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
  4. finished USSR third in 1975 and 1977
  5. Champion France 1989, 1990 with Mirande
  6. Champion France 1991, 1992, 1993 with Challes
  7. Tournament of the Federation 1991, 1993
  • won gold medals at 2 World Championships 1975 and 1983
  • won gold medals at 9 EuroBaskets 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987
  • Europe Junior Championship Gold Medals in 1971 and 1973
  • World University Games Gold medals at the 1973, 1977, and 1981 games

    • After her career in the USSR, she joined the championship in France, obtaining 5 consecutive titles, first with Mirande then Challes-les-Eaux.

    she played for

    1. Spartak Moscow Region
    2. France BAC Mirande
    3. France Challes-les-Eaux Basket

    Made the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000

    References

    Olga Sukharnova Wikipedia
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