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.
Yordanka Lyubchova Donkova (Bulgarian: Йорданка Любчова Донкова; born 28 September 1961) is a Bulgarian former hurdling athlete, notable for winning an...
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POL, 10 June 1978 First runner under 12.3 seconds: 12.29 seconds, YordankaDonkova BUL, 17 August 1986 First runner under 12.2 seconds: 12.12 seconds...
12.21 seconds achieved nearly 28 years earlier by Bulgarian athlete YordankaDonkova. In college, she competed for the University of Kentucky Wildcats and...
record for a year with a time of 12.25 sec, until it was beaten by YordankaDonkova in August 1988. She also competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles...
Michèle Chardonnet France Kim Turner United States 1988 Seoul details YordankaDonkova Bulgaria Gloria Siebert East Germany Claudia Zackiewicz West Germany...
Stefka Kostadinova (high jump, holder of the world record since 1987), YordankaDonkova (100 m, holder of the world record since 1988), Yordan Yovchev (gymnastics)...
19 7.73 Cyréna Samba-Mayela France 3 March 2024 Glasgow 13 24 7.74 YordankaDonkova Bulgaria 14 February 1987 Sofia 24 7.74 Narozhilenko #4 4 March 1990...
Passy Tzvetan Todorov Maria Todorova Rostislav Dimitrov, triple jumper YordankaDonkova, world record holder and one world title in hurdling (1988) Stefka...
secs. The only woman to go faster that year was YordankaDonkova with 12.44. Langer defeated Donkova in Athens and was ranked number one on the 1982 Track...
Voula Patoulidou Greece 12.64 LaVonna Martin United States 12.69 YordankaDonkova Bulgaria 12.70 400 metres hurdles details Sally Gunnell Great Britain...
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