Ilona Biacsi Explained

Ilona Biacsi
Nationality:Hungarian
Sport:Track and field
Event:800m
1500m
3000m
Club:Szegedi VSE
Coach:János Zemen
Birth Date:29 December 1985
Disability Class:T20
Birth Place:Szeged, Hungary

Ilona Biacsi (born 29 December 1985) is a Hungarian Paralympic athlete competing mainly in category T20 middle-distance events.[1]

Career

Biacsi competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, winning a bronze medal in the women's 1,500m race in her classification.[2] She also won the European Championship title in the 1,500 metres in 2014 in Swansea. Biacsi's twin sister, Bernadett is also a T20 middle-distance athlete and the two were chosen to be joint flag bearers for Hungary at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biacsi, Ilona. 23 August 2016. paralympic.org.
  2. Web site: Biacsi, Ilona. 23 August 2016. 26 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160826055103/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=1051705. dead.
  3. Web site: List of Opening Ceremony flag bearers. Paralympic.org. 23 August 2016. 29 August 2012.