Yordanka Donkova

Yordanka Donkova

Medal record
Women’s Athletics
Representing Bulgaria
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	100 m hurdles
	1992 Barcelona	100 m hurdles

Yordanka Donkova (Bulgarian: Йорданка Донкова) (born 28 September 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 12.38 s. Donkova set four world records in 1986. Her fifth, a time of 12.21 set in 1988, is still the current world record.

Personal Life

She suffered a childhood accident which resulted in her losing two fingers on her right hand. In 1989 she had a miscarriage in June when expecting her first child. She is a mother to three children, In 1991 she gave birth to her first child, a son called Zhivko and twin girls Desia and Daniela in 1996.

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, U.S.	2nd
1988	Summer Olympics	Seoul, South Korea	1st
1988	Bulgarian Championship	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	1st	12.21, World record unbeaten to today
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

External links

• Yordanka Donkova at World Athletics
• Y. Donkova - Olympic record 12:38 | Seoul 1988 г. | video
• Y. Donkova - Olympic games 3td place | Barselona 1992 г. | video
• Y. Donkova impruve world record four times in 1986 | video