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Yordanka Donkova

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Yordanka Donkova is the 998th most popular athlete (down from 996th in 2024), the 214th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 222nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Bulgarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yordanka Donkova ranks 998 out of 6,025. Before her are Karl Warner, Roger de Barbarin, Hans Jacob Nielsen, Freddie Wolff, Helga Seidler, and Bohumil Němeček. After her are Yelena Gorchakova, Lily Carlstedt, Richard Murphy, Akilles Järvinen, Charles Marion, and Masaru Furukawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Yordanka Donkova ranks 281. Before her are Margaret Mazzantini, Carlos Vives, Zoran Vulić, Bob Dadae, Andy Taylor, and Valentin Ivanov. After her are Jesper Olsen, Catherine Oxenberg, Fausto Gresini, Truls Mørk, Ann Linde, and Kjell Westö.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Yordanka Donkova ranks 214 out of 415. Before her are Stefan Toshev (1859), Georgi Kyoseivanov (1884), Stanislav Stratiev (1941), Pencho Zlatev (1883), Zlatko Yankov (1966), and Nikola Kotkov (1938). After her are Dobri Hristov (1875), Stefan Yanev (1960), Yordan Yovkov (1880), Diana Yorgova (1942), Stoyanka Mutafova (1922), and Tsvetanka Khristova (1962).

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Among ATHLETES In Bulgaria

Among athletes born in Bulgaria, Yordanka Donkova ranks 6. Before her are Stefka Kostadinova (1965), Naim Süleymanoğlu (1967), Norair Nurikyan (1948), Ivanka Khristova (1941), and Mariya Petkova (1950). After her are Diana Yorgova (1942), Tsvetanka Khristova (1962), Yordanka Blagoeva (1947), Khristo Markov (1965), Halil Mutlu (1973), and Svetla Otsetova (1950).

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