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{{short description|Soviet gymnast}}
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| birth_place     = [[Moscow]], [[Russian SFSR]]
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{{MedalGold|[[1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1983 Budapest]]|Team}}
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{{MedalBronze|1982 Zagreb|Balance Beam}}
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{{MedalGold|[[1983 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1983 Gothenburg]]|All-Around}}
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'''Olga Anatolyevna Bicherova''' (born 26 October 1967 or 26 October 1966 in [[Moscow]], [[Russian SFSR]]) is a retired [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[gymnast]], who won the women's all-around [[gold medal]] at the [[1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]].

== Career ==
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 (gymnastics)|vault]]. A year later, Bicherova won the team gold and all-around gold at the 1981 [[World Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]], starting a series of major international successes, which included the all-around title at both the 1982 [[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|World Cup]] and the 1983 [[European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]]. She didn't compete at the [[boycotted]] [[1984 Summer Olympics]] and also missed the [[Friendship Games]]. Olga's youthful appearance at the 1981 Gymnastics Championship caused many to question her age (supposedly 15), and hence her eligibility to compete.<ref name="GG">{{cite web |title=Olga Bicherova (URS) |url=http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/bicherova.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527103609/http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/bicherova.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-05-27 |website=Gymnastics Greats}}</ref>

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 (sport)|coach]] for some time. She married fellow Soviet gymnast [[Valentin Mogilny]].

==Competitive history==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
|-
! align=center|Year
! align=center|Event
! style="width:30px;"|Team
! style="width:30px;"|AA
! style="width:30px;"|[[Gymnastics vault|VT]]
! style="width:30px;"|[[Gymnastics uneven bars|UB]]
! style="width:30px;"|[[Gymnastics balance beam|BB]]
! style="width:30px;"|[[Gymnastics floor|FX]]
|-
! colspan="8" | '''Junior'''
|-
| rowspan="1" | '''1978'''
| align=left | Junior Prague-Moscow Dual Meet ||{{gold1}} || {{bronze3}}|| || || ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | '''1979'''
| align=left | Junior Friendship Tournament || {{gold1}}|| 9||5 || || ||
|-
| align=left | Junior GDR-USSR Dual Meet || || {{silver2}}|| || || ||
|-
| align=left | Junior USSR Championships || ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}} || || ||{{silver2}}
|-
| align=left | Junior USSR Cup || ||5 || || ||{{silver2}} ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | '''1980'''
| align=left | Junior Friendship Tournament || {{gold1}}||{{gold1}} || {{gold1}}|| || ||{{silver2}}
|-
| align=left | Junior GDR-USSR Dual Meet || ||7 || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Junior USSR Championships ||{{bronze3}} || {{gold1}}||{{gold1}} || || {{silver2}}||
|-
| align=left | TBS Cup || || ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}} || ||{{gold1}}
|-
! colspan="8" | '''Senior'''
|-
| rowspan="8" | '''1981'''
| align=left | Chunichi Cup || || {{gold1}}||{{gold1}} || ||{{gold1}} ||
|-bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | [[1981 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || ||23 ||4 || || ||
|-
| align=left | Junior Friendship Tournament || || {{gold1}}|| || || ||
|-
| align=left | Moscow Championships || ||{{gold1}} || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Schoolchildren's Spartakiade ||{{gold1}} ||{{bronze3}} || || || ||6
|-
| align=left | Tokyo Cup || || ||{{gold1}} || || {{gold1}}||
|-
| align=left | USSR Championships || ||4 || {{bronze3}}||4 || ||
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | [[1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}} || ||8 || ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | '''1982'''
| align=left | Budapest Invitational || || || || || {{gold1}}||
|-
| align=left | [[1982 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|World Cup Final]] || ||{{gold1}} ||{{gold1}} || {{silver2}}||{{bronze3}} ||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | USA-USSR Dual Meet || ||7 || || || ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | '''1983'''
|-bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | [[1983 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || ||{{gold1}} || {{gold1}}|| || ||{{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | USSR Cup || ||18 ||{{silver2}} || || ||
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF 
| align=left | [[1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] ||{{gold1}} || || 5|| || ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | '''1985'''
| align=left | [[1985 Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]] ||{{gold1}} || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | USSR Championships || || || ||9 || ||
|-
| align=left | USSR Cup || ||10 || || || ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | '''1986'''
| align=left | Leningrad International || ||6 || {{silver2}}|| ||{{bronze3}} ||
|-
| align=left | USSR Championships || || || 5||4 || 6||
|-
| align=left | USSR Cup || || 5|| || || ||
|-
| align=left | USSR Spartakiade || ||4 || || || 6||
|-
| rowspan="1" | '''1987'''
| align=left | USA-USSR Dual Meet || {{gold1}}|| 8|| || || ||
|-
| rowspan="1" | '''1988'''
| align=left | Champions All || ||10 || || || ||
|}<ref>{{cite web |title=Olga Bicherova (USSR) |url=https://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/bicherova.html |website=Gymn Forum |access-date=30 July 2022 |date=19 August 2019}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{FIG|bio=24292|lic=791|name=Olga Bicherova}}
* [https://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/bicherova.html Olga Bicherova] at Gymn-Forum.net
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527103609/http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/bicherova.htm |date=May 27, 2010 |title=Whatever happened to... Olga Bicherova (gymn.ca)}}

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