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Ludmila Viktorovna Engquist (née Leonova (Russian: Людмила Викторовна Нарожиленко-Леонова). formerly Narozhilenko; born 21 April 1964) is a Russian-Swedish former athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres hurdles. She competed for the Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (from 1992) and Sweden (from 1996). She is the 1996 Olympic champion and the 1991 and 1997 World champion in the 100m hurdles. Her best time of 12.26 secs in 1992, ranks her fourth on the world all-time list. She is also a former world record holder in the 60 metres hurdles with 7.69 secs (1990).

Ludmila Engquist

Personal information
Born	21 April 1964
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 100 m hurdles World Championships Representing the  Soviet Union 1991 Tokyo 100 m hurdles Representing  Sweden 1997 Athens 100 m hurdles 1999 Seville 100 m hurdles World Indoor Championships Representing the  Soviet Union 1991 Seville 60 m hurdles 1989 Budapest 60 m hurdles

Biography

Engquist was born in Tambov Oblast, Soviet Union. During her first marriage her name was Ludmila Narozhilenko, which was also her name while she competed for the Soviet Union and Russia. She appeared for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where she fell in her semifinal; and for the Unified Team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where she was forced to withdraw from the semifinals due to injury.

In 1995, she married Swedish businessman Johan Engquist and in 1996 she became a Swedish citizen. She won gold medals in 100 m hurdles at the 1991 World Championships (for the Soviet Union) and 1997 World Championships as well as the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta (both for Sweden). For her 1997 victory in Athens, Engquist received the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal,[1] the first non-native Swede to win this award. During these years she became one of the most popular woman athletes of Sweden and was sometimes dubbed a role model for younger native Swedish talents.

In 1999 Engquist 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, and successfully returned to the track.

After a distinguished athletic career she retired from running but wanted to become the first woman ever to win gold medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics, by competing in and winning the inaugural two-woman bobsleigh event at the 2002 Winter Olympics. In late 2001, however, she was found guilty of having recently used banned drugs and barred from competition for two years. Her admission of drug use, though only during the recent part of her bobsleigh effort, made her a very controversial person in Sweden and considering that she had tested positive for banned drugs once before, during her days as a Soviet runner, and had sustained a ban (which was appealed and lifted after a while) some alleged that she had been using performance-enhancing substances regularly all the time, a claim for which there is no evidence. The penalty term ended on 3 December 2003,[2] but Engquist has not returned to competition since then.

She currently lives in Spain with her husband Johan Engquist.

References

External links

• Ludmila Engquist at World Athletics
• Ludmila Engquist at the International Olympic Committee
• Ludmila Narozhilenko Engquist at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Biography
• Over hurdles on to ice (News article in The Observer)
• Her Biggest Hurdle

Awards
Preceded by Agneta Andersson & Susanne Gunnarsson	Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1997	Succeeded by Sweden men's national handball team
Sporting positions
Preceded by Nataliya Grygoryeva	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

На других языках

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- [en] Ludmila Engquist

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[fr] Ludmila Engquist

Ludmila Engquist (née le 21 avril 1964 à Tcheliabinsk en URSS) est une athlète russe naturalisée suédoise, spécialiste sur 60 m haies et sur 100 m haies. Née Leonova, elle est plus connue sous son premier nom de mariage Ludmila Narozhilenko qu'elle porte jusqu'en 1996.

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[it] Ludmila Engquist

Ludmila Viktorovna Narožilenko-Engquist, nata Leonova[1] (in russo: Людмила Викторовна Нарожиленко?, traslitterato: Ljudmila Viktorovna Narožilenko; Tambov, 21 aprile 1964), è un'ex ostacolista sovietica naturalizzata svedese, campionessa olimpica dei 100 metri ostacoli ad Atlanta 1996.

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[ru] Энквист, Людмила Николаевна

Людмила Николаевна Энквист (швед. Ludmila Engquist; род. 21 апреля 1964[1][2], Беломестная Криуша, Тамбовская область) — советская и российская, впоследствии шведская спортсменка (лёгкая атлетика, бобслей). Девичья фамилия — Леонова, фамилия по первому мужу — Нарожиленко.

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