Olga Sukharnova
French basketball player
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| Intro | French basketball player | ||||||||||
| A.K.A. | Olga Leonidovna Sukharnova | ||||||||||
| A.K.A. | Olga Leonidovna Sukharnova | ||||||||||
| Places | France Russia | ||||||||||
| is | Athlete Basketball player | ||||||||||
| Work field | Sports | ||||||||||
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| Birth | 14 February 1955, Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | ||||||||||
| Age | 69 years | ||||||||||
| Star sign | Aquarius | ||||||||||
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Biography
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.
- Participation in the Final Four of the Champions League 1993 in Valencia
- Champion USSR in 1978
- runner up USSR in 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
- finished USSR third in 1975 and 1977
- Champion France 1989, 1990 with Mirande
- Champion France 1991, 1992, 1993 with Challes
- 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
- Spartak Moscow Region
- France BAC Mirande
- France Challes-les-Eaux Basket
Sukharnova was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000.