Olga Leonidovna Sukharnova

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Olga Leonidowna Sukharnova ( Russian Ольга Леонидовна Сухарнова ; born February 14, 1955 in Perekhodinskoje , Krasnodar region ) is a former Soviet basketball player who was Olympic champion in 1976 and 1980. She was also twice world champion and nine times European champion.

Athletic career

Olga Sucharnowa won with the national team of the USSR from 1972 to 1987 the European title in nine consecutive tournaments. In 1972 she was not a regular with 35 points in seven games. In 1974 she was still not one of the most successful players on her team with 44 points in eight games. At the 1975 World Cup , Sucharnovna scored 93 points in eight games, making it the second best thrower of the Soviet team behind Uļjana Semjonova . The Soviet team won the title in a final round before the Japanese . When she won the European title in 1976, Sucharnova was the most successful thrower of the Soviet team with 114 points in eight games. Two months after the European Championships, the first Olympic basketball tournament for women was held in Montreal , in which six teams competed against each other, the Soviet players won all five games. Sucharnowa came in four games on 42 points, in the game against the United States team she was not used.

In 1978 at the European Championships in Poland, the Soviet team won all eight games. Sucharnowa scored a total of 128 points and was the most successful thrower of her team. The team from the USSR and the other teams from the Eastern Bloc did not take part in the 1979 World Cup in South Korea. At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, the team from the USSR was clearly favored as the host team in the absence of the boycotting world champions from the United States. The team also won all six games, the final against Bulgaria ending 104-73. Sucharnowa was behind Uļjana Semjonova second-best thrower of her team with 83 points in six games, eight points in the final. The 1980 European Championships in Poland did not take place until after the Olympic Games, the Soviet team won all five games, Sucharnowa was the most successful thrower of her team with 86 points.

In 1981 at the European Championships in Italy, the team from the Soviet Union won all seven games, the final against Poland ended with 85:42. Sucharnowa scored 100 points, including 26 in the final. The 1983 World Cup took place in Brazil in July 1983 . The team from the USSR won all ten games, the final against the team from the United States ended 84:82. Sucharnowa threw 104 points, nine of them in the final. Two months after the World Cup, the European Championship took place in Hungary. Sucharnowa contributed 60 points to winning the title in seven games, with no points but four personal fouls in the final against the Bulgarians. The team from the USSR did not take part in the 1984 Olympic Games because of the Olympic boycott. 1985 Sucharnowa contributed 71 points in seven games to win the title at the European Championship. Two years later it was 39 points in seven games when they last won the title.

The 1.92 m tall Olga Sucharnowa played for Spartak Moscow , with this club she became Soviet champion in 1978. At the end of her career she moved abroad. With BAC Mirande she was French champion in 1989 and 1990, then she moved to Challes-les-Eaux Basket and was French champion with this club from 1991 to 1993. In 2000 she was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Medal winners at the European Basketball Championships at sport-komplett.de
  2. ↑ Player statistics of the European Championship 1972 at archive.fiba.com
  3. ↑ Player statistics of the Euro 1974 at archive.fiba.com
  4. ↑ Player statistics from the 1975 World Cup at archive.fiba.com
  5. ↑ Medal winners at basketball world championships at sport-komplett.de
  6. ↑ Player statistics of the EM 1976 at archive.fiba.com
  7. ↑ Player statistics from the 1976 Olympic Games at archive.fiba.com
  8. ↑ Player statistics of the EM 1978 at archive.fiba.com
  9. ↑ Player statistics from the 1980 Olympic Games at archive.fiba.com
  10. ↑ Player statistics of the European Championship 1980 at archive.fiba.com
  11. ↑ Player statistics of the EM 1981 at archive.fiba.com
  12. ↑ Player statistics from the 1983 World Cup at archive.fiba.com
  13. ↑ Player statistics of the EM 1983 at archive.fiba.com
  14. ↑ Player statistics of the EM 1985 at archive.fiba.com
  15. ↑ Player statistics of the EM 1987 at archive.fiba.com
personal data
SURNAME Sukharnova, Olga Leonidovna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Сухарнова, Ольга Леонидовна (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Perekhodinskoye , Krasnodar Territory