Ilona Biacsi (born 29 December 1985) is a Hungarian

Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

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competing mainly in category T20 middle-distance events. Biacsi competed at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

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, winning a bronze medal in the women's 1,500m race in her classification. She also won the European Championship title in the 1,500 metres in 2014 in Swansea. Biacsi's twin sister, Bernadett is also a T20 middle-distance athlete and the two were chosen to be joint flag bearers for Hungary at the opening ceremony of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Biacsi, Ilona Paralympic athletes of Hungary Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Hungary Paralympic silver medalists for Hungary Living people Hungarian female middle-distance runners 1985 births People from Szeged Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics