Liudmila Udobkina
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Russian |
| Born | 3 October 1984 Oryol, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Russia |
| Sport |  Bobsleigh |
Liudmila Udobkina (born October 3, 1984, in Oryol, Soviet Union) is a Russian bobsledder.[1]
Career
[edit]Udobkina competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. She teamed with driver Olga Stulneva as the Russia-1 sled in the two-woman event, finishing 9th.[2][3]
As of April 2014, her best showing at the World Championships is 11th, in 2013.[1]
Udobkina made her World Cup debut in November 2004. As of April 2014, her best World Cup finish is 4th, coming in a team event at Konigssee in 2011-12. Her best finish in an Olympic discipline is 5th, which she achieved three times.[1]
In December 2017, she was one of eleven Russian athletes who were banned for life from the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee, after doping offences at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c FIBT Profile Archived 2014-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ^ "Sochi2014.com profile". March 19, 2014. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
- ^ "Russian doping: IOC bans 11 Winter Olympic athletes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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