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