World Records
Donkova set five world records for the 100 metres hurdles and is still the current holder:
- 12.36 sec - August 13, 1986 (equalling the record of Grażyna Rabsztyn)
- 12.35 sec - August 17, 1986
- 12.29 sec - August 17, 1986
- 12 26 sec - September 7, 1986
- 12.21 sec - August 20, 1988 ( the current world record, as of 2012)
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