Liudmila Udobkina (born (1984-10-03)October 3, 1984, in Oryol, Soviet Union) is a Russian bobsledder.[1]

Liudmila Udobkina
Personal information
NationalityRussian
Born (1984-10-03) 3 October 1984 (age 40)
Oryol, Soviet Union
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
Sport Bobsleigh

Career

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Udobkina competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. She teamed with driver Olga Stulneva as the Russia-1 sled in the two-woman event, finishing 9th.[2][3]

As of April 2014, her best showing at the World Championships is 11th, in 2013.[1]

Udobkina made her World Cup debut in November 2004. As of April 2014, her best World Cup finish is 4th, coming in a team event at Konigssee in 2011-12. Her best finish in an Olympic discipline is 5th, which she achieved three times.[1]

In December 2017, she was one of eleven Russian athletes who were banned for life from the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee, after doping offences at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c FIBT Profile Archived 2014-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  3. ^ "Sochi2014.com profile". March 19, 2014. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Russian doping: IOC bans 11 Winter Olympic athletes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2017.