Ilona Usovich ( be, Ілона Усовіч; born 14 November 1982) is a

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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

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at the

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. The next year Ilona finished 4th over 400 metres at the

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. For the

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, 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

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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 {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub