Ilona Usovich ( be, Ілона Усовіч; born 14 November 1982) is a
Belarus
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ian
sprinter.
Together with
Natallia Solohub
Natallia Solohub, sometimes spelt Sologub (see Ge or He) ( be, Наталля Салагуб; born March 31, 1975), is a Belarusian sprinter.
Solohub has won silver medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 and 2006 World Indoor Cha ...
,
Anna Kozak and
Svetlana Usovich (her sister) she won a silver medal in
4 x 400 metres relay
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at the
2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004. A total off 139 countries were r ...
. The next year Ilona finished 4th over
400 metres at the
2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palacio de Deportes in Madrid, the capital city of Spain, from Friday, 4 March to Sunday, 6 March 2005. This was the first edition to be held in an odd year since switching to the b ...
. For the
2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships
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The announcement by the I ...
, the Belarusian team had substituted Svetlana Usovich with
Yulyana Zhalniaruk, and won a bronze medal.
She finished fifth in the 400 m final at the
2006 European Athletics Championships in
Gothenburg and won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay. The next year she won the 400 m silver medal and a 4 × 400 m relay gold medal at the
2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. In 2012, she won a bronze medal at the
European Championships.
She has represented Belarus at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as the
2005 World Championships in Athletics
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References
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1982 births
Living people
Belarusian female sprinters
Olympic athletes for Belarus
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Belarus
European Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
Olympic female sprinters
People from Chervyen
Sportspeople from Minsk Region
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