Yordanka Donkova

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Olympic medal record
Women’s athletics
Gold 1988 Seoul 100 m hurdles
Bronze 1992 Barcelona 100 m hurdles

Yordanka Donkova (Bulgarian: Йорданка Донкова) (born September 28, 1961) is a former hurdling athlete notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European indoor and outdoor championships. She still holds the CR (championship record) for the European Championships with 12.38s. Donkova set four world records in 1986. Her fifth, a time of 12.21 set in 1988, is still the world record as of 2006.

Year Tournament Venue Result Extra
1982 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 3rd
European Championships Athens, Greece 2nd
1984 European Indoor Championships Göteborg, Sweden 3rd
1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 1st 12.38, Championship record
1987 European Indoor Championships Lievin, France 1st
World Indoor Championships Indianapolis, USA 2nd
1988 Summer Olympics Seoul, South Korea 1st
1989 European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 1st
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 3rd
Summer Olympics Barcelona, Spain 3rd
1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 1st
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 3rd


Olympic champions in women's 80 m hurdles and 100 m hurdles
80 m hurdles: 1932: Babe Didrikson | 1936: Trebisonda Valla | 1948: Fanny Blankers-Koen | 1952: Shirley Strickland | 1956: Shirley Strickland | 1960: Irina Press | 1964: Karin Balzer | 1968: Maureen Caird
100 m hurdles: 1972: Annelie Ehrhardt | 1976: Johanna Schaller-Klier | 1980: Vera Komisova | 1984: Benita Fitzgerald-Brown | 1988: Yordanka Donkova | 1992: Voula Patoulidou | 1996: Ludmila Engquist | 2000: Olga Shishigina | 2004: Joanna Hayes
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