Olympedia – Larisa Bergen

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games
Sex	Female
Full name	Larisa Abramovna•Bergen (Goncharova-)
Used name	Larisa•Bergen
Original name	Лариса Абрамовна•Берген (Гончарова-)
Born	22 September 1949 in Astana, Astana (KAZ)
Died	April 2023
Measurements	171 cm / 67 kg
Affiliations	Dynamo Moskva, Moskva (RUS)
NOC	Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian Federation

Medals	OG
Gold	0
Silver	1
Bronze	0
Total	1

Biography

Volleyball player Larisa Bergen represented ADK Alma-Ata, Dynamo Moskva, and the Soviet national team. For Dynamo Moskva Bergen was part of their team that won four USSR Championships (1972–73, 1975, 1977) and four European Cups (1972, 1974–75, 1977). Playing for the Soviet Union, she was a two-time European Champion (1971, 1975), and won the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup in 1973.

Bergen was part of the Soviet Union’s team at the 1976 Montréal Olympics. The team went undefeated during the tournament until they lost 3–0 to Japan in the final, therefore winning the silver medal. After her retirement as a player Bergen later became a coach.