Ileana Ongar

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameIleana•Ongar (-Ranaldi)
Used nameIleana•Ongar
Born24 December 1950 in Al-Iskanderiya (Alexandria), Al-Iskanderiya (EGY)
Measurements168 cm / 57 kg
AffiliationsB. Zauli Lazio
NOC Italy

Biography

Born in Egypt, Ileana Ongar was a high hurdler and sprinter who competed at the 1976 Montréal Olympics. She set an Italian record of 13.24, which lasted for 10 years. Ongar won four medals at the Mediterranean Games, with silvers in 1971 and 1975 in the 100 hurdles, a gold in the 1971 4x100 relay, and bronze in the short relay in 1975. She also placed sixth in the 60 metre hurdles at the 1973 European Indoors. Ongar won 13 Italian titles and earned 36 international caps.

Personal Best: 100H – 13.24 (1976).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1976 Summer Olympics Athletics ITA Ileana Ongar
100 metres Hurdles, Women (Olympic) 8
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women (Olympic) Italy DNS

Special Notes