Nadezhda Ilyina

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Nadezhda Ilyina
Medal record
Women’s
athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal 4 x 400 metres

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

Natalya Sokolova. She was the mother of Russian tennis star Nadia Petrova
.

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

References

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

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