Nadezhda Ilyina (russian: Надежда Ильина, née , Kolesnikova; 24 January 1949 — 7 December 2013) was a Russian athlete who competed mainly in the

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. Ilyina trained at

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. She competed for the

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in the

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held in

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in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the bronze medal with her teammates Inta Kļimoviča,

Lyudmila Aksyonova Lyudmila Vasilyevna Shapovalova-Aksyonova (russian: Людмила Васильевна Аксёнова; also transliterated Aksenova, born 23 April 1947 in Sevastopol) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres, training at ...

and Natalya Sokolova. She was the mother of Russian tennis star

Nadia Petrova Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova (russian: Надежда Викторовна Петрова ; born 8 June 1982) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A former top-five player in both singles and doubles, she reached a career-high ...

. Ilyina died in a car accident in December 2013.

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