Yordanka Donkova
Jordanka Donkowa ( Bulgarian Йорданка Донкова, English transcription Yordanka Donkova, . Born September 28, 1961 in Dolni Bogrov in Sofia ) is a Bulgarian former hurdler and Olympic champion.
Donkowa is on 20 August 1988, the holder of the world record in the 100 - meter hurdles. In 1986, she broke the existing record for seven years the Polish Grazyna Rabsztyn and corrected him three times. In 1987 it took the Bulgarian Ginka Sagortschewa from the record. But Donkowa could undercut in Stara Zagora by four hundredths of him.
The most successful month for it was from mid-August 1986 to mid-September: On August 17, she presented at the Grand Prix in Cologne a world record and improved it within one hour. On August 29, she won the European Championships in Stuttgart gold in the 100 m hurdles and two days later silver in the 4 x 100 - meter relay in Bulgaria. On 7 September, she ran another world record in Ljubljana. Conclusion: 3 world records, 1 gold and 1 silver medal within a month.
At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, she won the gold medal in the 100 - meter hurdles before the East Germans Gloria Siebert and Westdeutsche Claudia Zaczkiewicz. At the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 they could not repeat their success of 1988, but won the bronze medal behind the Greek Voula Patoulidou and the US-American LaVonna Martin.
At the European Championships in Helsinki in 1994, she won again bronze medal in the 100 - meter hurdles.