Olga Bicherova

Olga Bicherova
— Gymnast —
Full name	Russian: Ольга Анатольевна Бичерова
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	(1967-10-26) October 26, 1967 Moscow, Russian SFSR
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union World Championships 1981 Moscow Team 1981 Moscow All-Around 1983 Budapest Team World Cup Final 1982 Zagreb All-Around 1982 Zagreb Vault 1982 Zagreb Floor Exercise 1982 Zagreb Uneven Bars 1982 Zagreb Balance Beam European Championships 1983 Goteborg All-Around 1983 Goteborg Vault 1983 Goteborg Floor Exercise

Olga Anatolyevna Bicherova (born October 26, 1967 or October 26, 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.

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.

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 the International Federation of Gymnastics
• List of competitive results
• Whatever happened to Olga Bicherova?

World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Team Competition
1934:  Czechoslovakia 1938:  Czechoslovakia 1950:  Sweden 1954:  Soviet Union 1958:  Soviet Union 1962:  Soviet Union 1966:  Czechoslovakia 1970:  Soviet Union 1974:  Soviet Union 1978:  Soviet Union 1979:  Romania 1981:  Soviet Union 1983:  Soviet Union 1985:  Soviet Union 1987:  Romania 1989:  Soviet Union 1991:  Soviet Union 1994:  Romania 1995:  Romania 1997:  Romania 1999:  Romania 2001:  Romania 2003:  United States 2006:  China 2007:  United States 2010:  Russia 2011:  United States 2014:  United States 2015:  United States
1981:  Soviet Union (URS), Olga Bicherova, Yelena Davydova, Maria Filatova, Natalia Ilienko, Elena Polevaya, Stella Zakharova 1983:  Soviet Union (URS), Olga Bicherova, Tatiana Frolova, Natalia Ilienko, Olga Mostepanova, Albina Shishova, Natalia Yurchenko