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Name
  
Nadezhda Ilyina

Role
  
Athlete

Children
  
Nadia Petrova


Died
  
December 7, 2013, Moscow, Russia

Olympic medals
  
Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

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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.

Ilyina trained at Dynamo in Moscow. She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 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.

References

Nadezhda Ilyina Wikipedia


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