Nadka Golcheva

Nadka Golcheva (Надка Голчева; born 12 March 1952) is a Bulgarian former basketball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Golcheva grew up in a small village near Petrich, Bulgaria, in a working-class family. She was the youngest of four children in the family. During the communist era in Bulgaria, most young people participated in different sports activities, which was also the case with her. Initially, she started with athletics, but a local coach invited her to the basketball court, and she joined the team.

Later in an interview, Golcheva admitted that her brother supported and encouraged her the most while the parents were more reserved.

In 1967 Nadka Golcheva's local school team won the regional competition, and a year later, she was also selected for the Bulgarian youth national team. So in 1969, she traveled to the capital Sofia, to join WBC Levski.

National team career
For the Bulgarian national team, Nadka Golcheva played from 1969 to 1983. Her first appearance for the youth representation of the country was during a European ChampionChip in 1968. However, Golcheva's most significant achievement was the Bronze medal on the summer Olympic games in 1976 and silver in 1980. On the European level, Nadka Golcheva won two Bronze and one Silver medal.


 * Bronze medal olympic.svg 1976 Summer Olympics
 * Silver medal olympic.svg 1980 Summer Olympics
 * Silver medal europe.svg EuroBasket Women 1972
 * Bronze medal world centered-2.svg EuroBasket Women 1976
 * Silver medal world centered-2.svg EuroBasket Women 1983
 * Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 1977 Summer Universiade
 * 4th 1979 Summer Universiade