Olga Karasyova (USSR)
(née Kharlova)

1969 European AA Silver Medalist and FX Champion
1970 World FX Silver Medalist

Medal Total

Olympic Games:  1 Gold
World Championships:  1 Gold, 2 Silver
European Championships:  1 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze

Olga was born on July 24, 1949. She was coached by Igor Zhuravlev and later Sofia Muratov at CSKA Moscow.  She was married to - and divorced from - fellow gymnast Valery Karasyov, and graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Languages at the Moscow Regional Pedagogical Institute with a diploma in French (in which she was fluent). She died on October 26, 2025.

Competition Results

1965
Jr. USSR Championships:  1st AA

1966
FRA-USSR Dual Meet: 1st Team, 2nd AA
ROM-USSR Dual Meet: 1st Team, 1st AA
USSR Championships:  6th AA, 5th V, 5th B
USSR Cup:  7th AA
USSR World Trials:  5th AA
World Championships:  2nd Team, 15th AA
Yerevan Invitational:  4th AA

1967
Pre-Olympics:  10th AA
USSR Championships:  7th AA, 3rd FX
USSR Spartakiad: 1st Team, 3rd FX

1968
Olympic Games:  1st Team, 7th AA, 5th FX
USSR Championships:  4th AA, 4th V, 4th UB
USSR Cup:  5th AA

1969
European Championships:  2nd AA, 1st FX, 2nd UB, 2nd B, 3rd FX
Moscow Championships:  1st AA, 1st B, 1st FX
USSR Championships:  4th AA, 1st FX, 4th UB
USSR Cup:  3rd AA
USSR-GDR-ROM:  2nd Team, 1st AA, 1st FX, 2nd V, 2nd B, 5th UB

1970
All-Union "Best Routines" Competition:  1st FX
USSR Championships:  7th AA, 1st FX, 4th B
USSR Cup:  5th AA
USSR-GDR:  1st Team, 1st AA
World Championships:  1st Team, 7th AA, 2nd FX

1971
USSR Championships:  2nd AA, 1st B, 1st FX, 2nd V
USSR Cup:  3rd AA
USSR Spartakiade:  2nd AA

1972
USSR Championships:  4th AA, 6th V

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