Lyudmila Kondratyeva

Lyudmila Kondratyeva

Personal information
Birth name	Людмила Андреевна Кондратьева Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)[1]
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 100 m 1988 Seoul 4x100m relay Friendship Games 1984 Moscow 100 metres 1984 Moscow 4x100m relay European Athletics Championships 1978 Prague 200 metres 1978 Prague 4x100m relay

Lyudmila Andreyevna Kondratyeva (Russian: Людмила Андреевна Кондратьева; born 11 April 1958) is a Russian former track and field athlete, who competed for the Soviet Union and is the 1980 Olympic 100 m champion.

Kondratyeva began athletics at age 11 at the

Unable to compete at the 1984 Summer Olympics due to the boycott led by the Soviet Union, Kondratyeva could not defend her Olympic title. She retired after that season and married Yuriy Sedykh, two time Olympic champion in the hammer throw, although they would later divorce. The pair had a daughter, Oksana Kondratyeva, who followed in her father's footsteps and became an international hammer thrower.^[3]

She came out of retirement to compete at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. She made the semi-finals of the 100m and won a bronze medal as part of the Soviet women's 4 × 100 m relay.

Bibliography

R. V. Orlov (1983). Lyudmila Kondratyeva. Heroes of the Olympic Games (in Russian). Moscow:

Records
Preceded by Marlies Göhr	Women's 100 m World Record Holder 3 June 1980 – 8 June 1983	Succeeded by Marlies Göhr