Yordanka Donkova

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Women’s athletics
Olympic medal record
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.

[edit] Major achievements

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

[edit] External links

IAAF profile for Yordanka Donkova

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