Nadka Golcheva ( bg, Надка Голчева; born 12 March 1952) is a Bulgarian former basketball player who competed in the

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and in the

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. Golcheva grew up in a small village near

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, 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.

Club career

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

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. On the European level, Nadka Golcheva won two Bronze and one Silver medal. * Bronze medal olympic

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EuroBasket Women 1983 * Bronze medal world centered-2

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* 4th

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* * * * 1952 births Living people Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Bulgarian women's basketball players Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for Bulgaria Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria Shooting guards Sportspeople from Blagoevgrad Province {{Bulgaria-basketball-bio-stub