Olga Yakovleva

Background

Olga was born in Vologda, Russia and represented her country in the International Basketball Federation under-19 and under-21 World Championships.

Career

Olga played center for the Vologda-Chevakata Russian basketball team Standing at well over 6 feet, she helped Vologda-Chevakata make it to the Russian Cup (basketball) semifinals in 2010. On August 8, 2010, Olga Yakovleva drowned in the Vologda-Chevakata training camp pool, in Yuzhne near Odessa, Ukraine.

He later told Lifenews.ru how he saw her start to swim underwater, and then saw her surface with “glassy eyes”.

Medics said it was a “one in a million” accident: the autopsy showed no evidence of a seizure.

Achievements

• Russian U19 National Team -2005 World Championships U19 -2005 (semifinals) World Championships U21 in Tunisia -2005 Europe Cup Quarterfinals -2006, 2007 Russian U21 National Team -2005, 2007 World Championships U21 in Moscow Region (Russia) -2007 Russian University National Team -2007, 2009 World University Championships in Bangkok -2007 Eurobasket.com All-Russian Superleague Honorable Mention -2009 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade (Serbia) (Silver): 5 games: 11.4ppg, 3.2rpg, 1.4apg, 1.4spg, FGP: 52.9%, FT: 91.3% Russian Cup Semifinals.

Connections

colleague:

Yury Zimin