In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Lyubchova and the family name is Donkova.
Yordanka Donkova
Medal record
Women’s Athletics
Representing Bulgaria
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul
100 m hurdles
1992 Barcelona
100 m hurdles
World Indoor Championships
1987 Indianapolis
60 m hurdles
Yordanka Lyubchova Donkova (Bulgarian: Йорданка Любчова Донкова; born 28 September 1961) is a Bulgarian former hurdling athlete, notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as nine medals at European indoor and outdoor championships. Donkova set four 100 m hurdles world records in 1986. Her fifth world record, a time of 12.21 set in 1988, stood for almost 28 years until broken in 2016 by Kendra Harrison.
In total, Donkova has 16 medals from major athletics tournaments.[1]
^"Йорданка Донкова чества двадесетгодишния си световен рекорд, световният рекорд все някой ще ми го отнеме, но олимпийската титла остава, заяви Донкова". topsport.bg. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
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