Nadezhda Ilyina

Not to be confused with Nadezhda Wijenberg.

Olympic medal record
Women’s athletics
Bronze	1976 Montreal	4 x 400 metres

Nadezhda Ilyina (Russian: Надежда Ильина, née Колесникова, Kolesnikova; born 24 January 1949) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

Ilyina trained at Dynamo in Moscow. She competed for 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 team mates Inta Kļimoviča, Lyudmila Aksyonova and Natalya Sokolova. She is the mother of Russian tennis star Nadia Petrova.

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Sports Reference

Persondata
Name	Ilyina, Nadezhda
Alternative names	Ильина, Надежда Леонидовна; Колесникова, Надежда; Kolesnikova, Nadezhda
Short description	Soviet sprinter
Date of birth	24 January 1949
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