Aksana Drahun

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Aksana Drahun medal table
At the 2007 World Cup
At the 2007 World Cup

Sprinter

BelarusBelarus Belarus
World championships
bronze 2005 Helsinki 4 × 100 m
European championships
bronze 2006 Gothenburg 4 × 100 m

Aksana Drahun ( Belarusian Аксана Драгун , Russian Оксана Владимировна Драгун - Oxana Vladimirovna Dragun ; born May 19, 1981 in Baranavichy ) is a Belarusian sprinter who specializes in the 100-meter run .

She celebrated her greatest successes as a member of the Belarusian team in the 4 x 100 meter relay . At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, she was fifth in the season. At the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, she won the bronze medal together with Julija Neszjarenka , Natallja Salahub and Alena Neumjarschyzkaja in a national record time of 42.56 s behind the relay from the United States and Jamaica .

She won another bronze medal in the relay at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg. Together with Julija Neszjarenka, Natallja Safronnikawa and Alena Neumjarschyzkaja, she had to admit defeat only to the teams of Russia and the United Kingdom in 43.61 s .

At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, however, she missed the finals in the relay. The following year, Drahun retired from the European Indoor Championships in Turin over 60 m in the preliminary round and finished second in the first division of the European Athletics Team Championship over 100 m in 11.68 s.

Aksana Drahun is 1.74 m tall and weighs 60 kg.

Top performances

  • 60 m (hall): 7.20 s, February 22, 2008, Mahiljou
  • 100 m: 11.28 s, July 21, 2005, Minsk

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