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The biggest triumph for the Bulgarian athletes came in Seoul in 1988 when Yordanka Donkova won the Olympic gold in the 100 m hurdles, while Hristo Markov became an Olympic champion in the triple jump. Markov’s medal is the first gold medal won by a Bulgarian male athlete at Olympic Games. In 1988 legendary Stefka Kostadinova won the silver in high jump, while Tsvetanka Hristova grabbed the silver in the discus throw. At the following summer Olympics in Barcelona Yordanka Donkova won the bronze medal at 100 m hurdles.
In the end of the 80s and the beginning of the 90s Bulgaria had world stars in athletics and Stefka Kostadinova was one of them. In 1987 the Bulgarian set a high jump record of 209 cm, which remains unbeaten to this day. Kostadinova, however, managed to reach the Olympic gold in 1996 in Atlanta. In Sydney in 2000 Tereza Marinova won the triple jump gold.
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At the games in Athens in 2004, Ivet lalova placed 4th at the 100m event. In 2011 Lalova demonstrated she is great shape and she is often said to be the fastest white woman on the planet, after qualifying for the 100 m final at the World Championships in Athletics in South Korea. In 2012 Bulgaria will expect memorable performance of Lalova and the other Bulgarian athletes.
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Athletics embodies the Olympic motto “Faster, Higher, Stronger.” In 2012 in London, more than 2000 athletes will compete and the Bulgarian goal is to prove that traditions in the sport have not been lost.
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