Olga Mostepanova (USSR)

1983 World B Champion
1984 Olomouc AA Champion

Olga was born on January 3, 1968 (1970, according to Olga) in Moscow.  At age 6, Olga's mother heard a radio ad asking for little girls to try out at Dynamo Moscow and, since Olga was a very active kid, her mother brought her there. She trained there for her entire career with coach Vladimir Aksyonov, who also coached Elvira Saadi.  Olga made gymnastics history at the 1984 CSSR Spartakiade (the "Olympics" for the Soviet bloc nations that boycotted the LA Games) by receiving 10.0 in each of her routines in the AA competition for a perfect score of 40.0. After this competition, she was awarded the Merited Master of Sport title.  Olga retired after the 1985 World Championships.  Today, she lives in Moscow and works as a trainer to beginning gymnasts at Dynamo, is divorced, and has 5 children.  

Competition Results

 

1979

Junior Friendship Tournament:  1st Team, 5th AA

Jr. USSR-ITA Dual Meet:  1st Team, 4th AA

 

1980

Champions All:  3rd AA

Coca Cola International:  1st FX, 3rd B, 4th AA

Jr. USSR Championships:  4th AA, 3rd B
Jr. USSR Cup:  2nd AA, 1st B

 

1981

All-Union Championships of Specialized Sports Schools:  1st AA
Jr. Friendship Tournament (Druzhba):  1st Team, 3rd AA, 1st V, 1st UB, 4th FX

Jr. GDR-USSR Dual Meet:  2nd AA
Schoolchildren's Spartakiade:  1st Team, 5th AA, 5th UB, 5th FX

 

1982

Jr. European Championships:  1st B, 2nd V, 3rd AA, 7th UB
Riga International:  1st AA

USA-USSR Dual Meet:  1st Team, 4th AA

USSR Championships:  3rd AA, 2nd UB, 2nd FX, 3rd V, 3rd B

USSR Cup:  3rd AA, 2nd B, 3rd UB, 5th V

 

1983

Moscow News:  3rd AA, 3rd B
Moscow Spartakiade:  1st AA, 1st V, 1st B

USA-USSR Dual Meet:  1st Team, 2nd AA

USSR Championships:  8th AA, 2nd UB
USSR Cup:  2nd AA, 1st UB, 1st B, 7th V

World Championships:  1st Team, 1st B, 2nd AA, 2nd FX

 

1984

CSSR Spartakiade (Olomouc):  1st Team, 1st AA, 1st V, 1st B, 1st FX

USSR Championships:  2nd AA, 1st V, 1st B, 3rd UB, 4th FX
USSR Cup:  1st AA

 

1985
USSR Championships:  6th UB, 7th FX
USSR Cup:  8th AA

World Championships:  1st Team

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