Ilona Usovich

Ilona Usovich

Ilona Usovich in 2013
Personal information
Born	(1982-11-14) November 14, 1982 Chervyen, Soviet Union
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	Belarus
Sport	Athletics
Event	400m
Medal record World Indoor Championships 2008 Valencia 4 x 400 m relay European Championships 2006 Gothenburg 4x400 m relay 2012 Helsinki 400 metres European Indoor Championships 2007 Birmingham 4 x 400 m relay

Ilona Usovich (Belarusian: Ілона Усовіч; 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 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 2005 World Championships in Athletics

References

• Ilona Usovich at World Athletics