Ludmila Engquist
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 Ludmila Engquist |
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Competitor for  Sweden |
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| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | 100 m hurdles | |
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Competitor for the  Soviet Union |
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| Gold | 1991 Tokyo | 100 m hurdles | |
| Competitor for Sweden |
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| Gold | 1997 Athens | 100 m hurdles | |
| Bronze | 1999 Seville | 100 m hurdles | |
Ludmila Engquist (Lyudmila Viktorovna Narozhilenko, née Leonowa, Russian: Людмила Викторовна Нарожиленко-Леонова, born April 21, 1964 in Tambov Oblast, Russia) is a former Soviet/Russian/Swedish athlete who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics (for the Soviet Union), in the 1992 Summer Olympics (for the Unified Team), and in the 1996 Summer Olympics (for Sweden).
She won gold medals in 100m hurdles at the 1991 World Championships (for the Soviet Union) and 1997 World Championships as well as the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. For her 1997 victory in Athens, Engquist received the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, the first non-native Swede to win the honor.
In 1999 Enquist was diagnosed with breast cancer. After surgery she stopped chemotherapy after 4 treatments because she did not want the drugs to interfere with her athletic career.
After a successful career she wanted to be the first woman ever to win both the summer and winter Olympics' gold medal by competing in and winning the inaugural two-woman bobsleigh event at the 2002 Winter Olympics, but she was banned from competition after being found guilty of using banned drugs, for the second time in her career.
She currently lives in Spain with her husband Johan Engquist.
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| Preceded by Agneta Andersson & Susanne Gunnarsson |
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1997 |
Succeeded by Sweden national men's handball team |
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| Preceded by Natalya Grigoryeva |
Women's 100m Hurdles Best Year Performance 1991 — 1992 |
Succeeded by Gail Devers |
Preceded by Olga Shishigina |
Women's 100m Hurdles Best Year Performance 1996 — 1997 |
Succeeded by Glory Alozie |
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