Lyudmila Blonska
Blonska at the 2008 Olympics
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| Native name | Людмила Леонідівна Блонська | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Lyudmyla Leonidivna Blonska | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9 November 1977 Simferopol, Crimea, Ukrainian SSR |
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Lyudmyla Leonidivna Blonska, née Shevchuk (Ukrainian: Людмила Леонідівна Блонська (Шевчук)), sometimes known as Lyudmila Blonskaya, (born November 9, 1977) is a former Ukrainian heptathlete, long jumper and 2006 World Indoor champion pentathlete. She was given a lifetime ban from competition after failing a drug test at the 2008 Summer Olympics, her second doping offense.
Blonska was born as Lyudmyla Leonidivna Shevchuk on 9 November 1977 in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukrainian SSR. In 2000, she graduated from the Kharkiv Institute as a trainer and teacher of physical culture. She then moved to Brovary with fellow athlete Serhiy Blonskyy, whom she married. They have two children – Iryna (born 15 May 2001) and Oleksandr (born 23 June 2004).
Blonska practiced rhythmic gymnastics from age five to ten. She then switched to basketball and later judo and cycle racing. At age 14 she was introduced to athletics by a local coach.
In 1993, Blonska participated in the Ukrainian Youth Championships in Odessa, entering the heptathlon competition for the first time. She recalls crying out of fear before the 800m event, but then falling in love with heptathlon after scoring good results.
In 1995, after finishing school, Blonska moved to the capital, Kiev, to begin training as member of the Ukrainian youth team. Five months later she received an invitation to study at the Institute of Sports and Physical Culture in Kharkiv. She found herself without a trainer and had to coach herself for a year and a half, while working at night to make ends meet.
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