Ilona Gusenbauer
{{short description|Austrian high jumper}}
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|image=Ilona Gusenbauer 1972.jpg
|caption=Ilona Gusenbauer in 1972
|birth_date={{birth-date and age|16 September 1947}}
|birth_place=Gummersbach, Germany
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| height = {{convert|1.81|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|67|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|sport=Athletics
|event=High jump
|club= LAC Südstadt
ULC Wildschek
|pb=1.93 m (1972)
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{{MedalCountry | {{AUT}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 1972 Munich | High jump}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Athletics Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 1971 Helsinki | High jump}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Athletics Indoor Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 1970 Vienna |High jump}}
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Ilona Maria Gusenbauer (née Majdan on 16 September 1947) is a retired Austrian high jumper who competed at two Olympic Games.[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/ilona-gusenbauer-1.html Ilona Gusenbauer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519171049/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/ilona-gusenbauer-1.html |date=19 May 2011 }}. sports-reference.com
Biography
Gusenbauer competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished in eighth and third place, respectively. She held the world record for more than a year starting in 1971, and was the Austrian champion in 1966–1973, 1975 and 1976.
Gusenbauer won the British WAAA Championships title in the high jump event at the 1973 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19730722/323/0042 |title=Athletic Results |work=Sunday Mirror |date=22 July 1973 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 March 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19730722/585/0032 |title=Crystal Palace Results |work=Sunday Express |date=22 July 1973 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 March 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=7 March 2025}}
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{{succession box|before={{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Iolanda Balaș|title=Women's High Jump World Record Holder|years=4 September 1971 – 24 September 1972 |after={{flagicon|BUL}} Yordanka Blagoeva}}
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Category:Austrian female high jumpers
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Austria
Category:World record setters in athletics (track and field)
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Austria
Category:Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade
Category:Austrian Athletics Championships winners
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