Ilona Vusovich

Ilona Vusovich

Ilona Usovich in 2013
Personal information
Born (1982-11-14) November 14, 1982
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country  Belarus
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 400m

Ilona Vusovich (Belarusian: Ілона Вусовіч; born 14 November 1982) is a Belarusian sprinter.

Together with Natallia Solohub, Anna Kozak and Svetlana Usovich (her sister) she won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. The next year Ilona finished 4th over 400 metres at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships. For the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, the Belarusian team had substituted Svetlana Usovich with Yulyana Zhalniaruk, and won a bronze medal.

She finished 5th 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.


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