Olga Sukharnova

Olga Leonidovna Sukharnova (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.


 * 1) Participation in the Final Four of the Champions League 1993 in Valencia
 * 2) Champion USSR in 1978
 * 3) runner up USSR in 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
 * 4) finished USSR third in 1975 and 1977
 * 5) Champion France 1989, 1990 with Mirande
 * 6) Champion France 1991, 1992, 1993 with Challes
 * 7) 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
 * 1) Spartak Moscow Region
 * 2) France BAC Mirande
 * 3) France Challes-les-Eaux Basket

Sukharnova was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000.