Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova
Lyudmyla Stanislavivna Dzhyhalova (also Lyudmila Dzhigalova, Ukrainian: Людмила Станіславівна Джигалова; born 22 January 1962) is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She trained at Spartak in Kharkiv and represented the Soviet Union and the Unified Team.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Athletics | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Representing the Soviet Union | ||
| 1988 Seoul | 4 x 400 metres | |
| Representing the Unified Team | ||
| 1992 Barcelona | 4 x 400 metres | |
| Representing the Soviet Union | ||
| World Championships | ||
| 1991 Tokyo | 4 x 400 metres | |
| European Championships | ||
| 1990 Split | 4 x 400 metres | |
| Summer Universiade | ||
| 1987 Zagreb | 400 m | |
| 1987 Zagreb | 4 x 400 metres | |
| 1989 Duisburg | 400 m | |
| 1989 Duisburg | 4 x 400 metres | |
| Goodwill Games | ||
| 1990 Seattle | 4 x 400 metres | |
| 1986 Moscow | 4 x 400 metres | |
| 1990 Seattle | 400 m | |
| European Cup | ||
| Representing the Soviet Union | ||
| 1987 Prague | 4 x 400 metres | |
| 1991 Frankfurt | 4 x 400 metres | |
| 1989 Gateshead | 4 x 400 metres | |
| Representing Ukraine | ||
| 1993 Rome | 4 x 400 metres | |
| IAAF World Cup | ||
| Representing the Soviet Union | ||
| 1989 Barcelona | 4 x 400 metres | |
| Representing Unified Team | ||
| 1992 Havana | 4 x 400 metres | |
| 1992 Havana | 400 m | |
She was born in Kharkiv and competed for the USSR in the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she placed third in the 4 x 400 metres relay heats with the team, but was substituted by Tatyana Ledovskaya in the finals. Four years later Dzhigalova competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates Yelena Ruzina, Olga Nazarova and 400m silver medalist Olga Bryzgina.
She received a four-year ban from athletics after failing a drugs test, having been positive for steroids in an out-of-competition test.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Litsky, Frank (1993-08-15). TRACK AND FIELD; Nigerian Runner Disputes Drug Report. New York Times. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.
External links edit
- Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova at World Athletics