Lyudmila Andreyevna Kondratyeva (russian: Людмила Андреевна Кондратьева; born 11 April 1958) is a Russian former

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athlete, who competed for the

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and is the 1980 Olympic 100 m champion. Kondratyeva began athletics at age 11 at the

Children and Youth Sport School A sports school (russian: Детско-Юношеская Спортивная Школа, ДЮСШ) is a type of educational institution for children that originated in the Soviet Union. Sports schools were the basis of the powerful system of ph ...

in Shakhty, her first trainer being Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlenko. Two years later she passed exams into

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Children and Youth Sport School, created in 1971, where she was coached by Nina Vasilyevna Lazarchenko. In 1973 she became a member of the Soviet Union National Youth Team, and in 1974 - of the Soviet Union National Team. At the 1975 European Youth Championships Kondratyeva finished 4th in the 200m and in the 4 × 100 m relay. Four years later she became the winner of the 200 m at the 1978 European Championships, where she also won a gold in the 4 × 100 m

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event. Now one of the medal favourites for the 1980 Summer Olympics, which were held in

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, she also ran a non-recognised

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just before the Olympics. The final was a close race, with the first 5 finishing within 1 tenth of a second. A photo finish showed that Kondratyeva had beaten

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by just 0.01 seconds. Kondratyeva pulled her

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at the finish, thereby not allowing her to run the 200 m or the 4 × 100 m relay. Unable to compete at the

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due to the boycott led by the

, Kondratyeva could not defend her Olympic title. She retired after that season and married

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, 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.Dolgopolov, Nickolai & Orlov, Rostislav (1 June 2009)
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IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-07-06. 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.

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