Lyudmila Andonova is a retired female high jump

High jump

The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

er from Bulgaria

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Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

. She set the women's world record

World record

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 in the high jump event on July 20, 1984 in East Berlin

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, jumping 2.07 metres.

In 1985 she was suspended for doping

Doping

Doping is generally the practice of adding impurities to something.* Doping is a term for the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport or blood doping, often to improve athletic performance....

 with amphetamine

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Andonova competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

 in Seoul, South Korea, finishing in fifth place (1.93 m) alongside Romania

Romania

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's Galina Astafei. She was born in Novocherkassk

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, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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, and married to Bulgarian decathlete Atanas Andonov

Atanas Andonov

Atanas Vasilev Andonov is a retired male decathlete from Bulgaria. He set his personal best in 1981. Andonov is married to high jumper Lyudmila Andonova.-Achievements:The above are the olympic results of Atanas Andonov.-References:*...

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