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{{short description|Russian basketball player}}
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{{Medal|Sport| Women's [[basketball]] }}
{{Medal|Country| the {{URS}} }}
{{Medal|Competition| [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{Medal|Gold| [[Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics#Women's tournament|1976 Montreal]] | [[Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters#_Soviet_Union|Team competition]] }}
{{Medal|Gold| [[Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics#Women's tournament|1980 Moscow]] | [[Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters#_Soviet_Union|Team competition]] }}
{{Medal|Competition| [[EuroBasket Women|European Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1975 FIBA World Championship for Women|1975 Colombia]] | Team competition }}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1983 FIBA World Championship for Women|1983 Brazil]] | [[1983 FIBA World Championship for Women squads#Soviet Union|Team competition]] }}
{{Medal|Competition| [[EuroBasket Women|European Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Gold| [[EuroBasket Women 1972|1972 Bulgaria]] | Team competition }}
{{Medal|Gold| [[EuroBasket Women 1974|1974 Italy]] | [[EuroBasket Women 1974 squads#_Soviet_Union|Team competition]] }}
{{Medal|Gold| [[EuroBasket Women 1976|1976 France]] | [[EuroBasket Women 1976 squads#_Soviet_Union|Team competition]] }}
{{Medal|Gold| [[EuroBasket Women 1978|1978 Poland]] | Team competition }}
{{Medal|Gold| [[EuroBasket Women 1980|1980 Yugoslavia]] | Team competition }}
{{Medal|Gold| [[EuroBasket Women 1981|1981 Italy]] | [[EuroBasket Women 1981 squads#_Soviet_Union|Team competition]] }}
{{Medal|Gold| [[EuroBasket Women 1983|1983 Hungary]] | [[EuroBasket Women 1983 squads#_Soviet_Union|Team competition]] }}
{{Medal|Gold| [[EuroBasket Women 1985|1985 Italy]] | [[EuroBasket Women 1985 squads#_Soviet_Union|Team competition]] }}
{{Medal|Gold| [[EuroBasket Women 1987|1987 Spain]] | Team competition }}
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'''Olga Leonidovna Sukharnova''' ({{langx|ru|Ольга Леонидовна Сухарнова}}; born 14 February 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.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Olga Sukharnova |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/olga-sukharnova-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204012857/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/olga-sukharnova-1.html |archive-date=4 December 2016}}</ref>

# 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wbhof.com/famers/olga-soukharnova/ |title=Olga Soukharnova |website=wbhof.com |publisher=Women's Basketball Hall of Fame}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{FIBA profile|new_id=184670|name=Olga Sukharnova|old_id=2073}}
* {{Basketball-Reference.com international player|name=Olga Sukharnova}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Olga Sukharnova}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|olga-sukharnova|Olga Sukharnova}}

{{Soviet Union Women Basketball Squad 1976 Summer Olympics}}
{{Soviet Union Women Basketball Squad 1980 Summer Olympics}}
{{Women's Basketball Hall of Fame}}

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[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Russian women's basketball players]]
[[Category:Soviet women's basketball players]]
[[Category:Olympic basketball players for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in basketball]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:20th-century Russian sportswomen]]