Nadka Golcheva

Personal information
Born	(1952-03-12) 12 March 1952 (age 71) Petrich, Bulgaria
Nationality	Bulgarian
Listed height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Listed weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Career information
Playing career	1969–1987
Position	Shooting guard
Number	6
Career history
1969–1987	WBC Levski Sofia
Career highlights and awards
6× Bulgarian Women's Basketball League champion (1980, 1983–1987) 8× Bulgarian Women's Basketball Cup champion (1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1985–1987)
Medals Representing  Bulgaria Olympic Games 1980 Moskva Team competition 1976 Montreal Team competition EuroBasket Women 1972 Bulgaria 1976 France 1983 Hungary Ronchetti Cup 1978 1979 EuroLeague Women 1984

Nadka Golcheva (Bulgarian: Надка Голчева; born 12 March 1952) is a Bulgarian former basketball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Golcheva grew up in a small village near Petrich, Bulgaria, 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.

^[2] 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 1980. On the European level, Nadka Golcheva won two Bronze and one Silver medal.

• 1976 Summer Olympics
• 1980 Summer Olympics
• EuroBasket Women 1972
• EuroBasket Women 1976
• EuroBasket Women 1983
• 1977 Summer Universiade
• 4th 1979 Summer Universiade