Ilona Maria Gusenbauer (née Majdan on 16 September 1947) is a retired

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

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er. She competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished in eighth and third place, respectively. She held the

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for more than a year starting in 1971, and was the Austrian champion in 1966–1973, 1975 and 1976.

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1947 births Living people Austrian female high jumpers Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Austria World record setters in athletics (track and field) Place of birth missing (living people) European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Austria Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade {{Austria-athletics-bio-stub