Nadezhda Ilyina

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Nadezhda Ilyina
Personal information
Born(1949-01-24)24 January 1949
Zelenokumsk, Stavropol Kray, Soviet Union
Died7 December 2013(2013-12-07) (aged 64)
Moscow, Russia
Sport
SportTrack and field
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1976 Montreal4×400 m
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1971 Helsinki4×400 m
Bronze medal – third place1974 Rome4×400 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place1975 Katowice4×320 m
Silver medal – second place1972 Grenoble4×360 m
Silver medal – second place1974 Gothenburg400 m
Silver medal – second place1975 Katowice400 m
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place1973 Moscow400 m

Nadezhda Ilyina (Russian: Надежда Ильина, née Колесникова, Kolesnikova; 24 January 1949 – 7 December 2013) was a Russian athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.[1]

Ilyina trained at Dynamo in Moscow. She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 × 400 metres where she won the bronze medal with her teammates Inta Kļimoviča, Lyudmila Aksyonova and Natalya Sokolova. She was the mother of Russian tennis star Nadia Petrova.

Ilyina died in a car accident in December 2013.[1]

References

  1. Matt Cronin (9 December 2013). "Report: Petrova's Olympian mother dies in car crash". tennis.com. Retrieved 16 March 2018.