Aksana Drahun (; born May 19, 1981), a.k.a. Oksana Dragun, is a

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

ian sprinter, who specializes in the

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.Athlete biography: Aksana Drahun
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 30, 2008 Her personal best time is 11.28 seconds, achieved in July 2005 in

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. Drahun won a

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at the

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together with

Yulia Nestsiarenka Yuliya Nesterenko (alt. spelling: Yulia Nestsiarenka, , , , ; born 15 June 1979), née Bartsevich, is a Belarusian sprinter who was the Olympic 100 meters champion in 2004. Nesterenko won the women's 100 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in A ...

Natallia Solohub Natallia Solohub, sometimes spelt Sologub (see Ge or He) (; born March 31, 1975), is a Belarusian sprinter. Solohub has won silver medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 and 2006 World Indoor Championships, and a bronze medal in 4 ...

and Alena Neumiarzhitskaya. At the

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she won a bronze medal in 4 × 100 m relay with Nestsiarenka,

Natallia Safronnikava Natallia Safronnikava (), née Vinogradova (born 28 February 1973 in Vawkavysk) is a retired Belarusian sprinter, who mainly competed in the 200 metres. Safronnikava won her first international medal (a bronze) at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Champ ...

and Neumiarzhitskaya. Drahun represented

Belarus at the 2008 Summer Olympics Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

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. She competed at the 4 × 100 m relay together with Nestsiarenka, Nastassia Shuliak and Anna Bagdanovich. In their first round heat they placed sixth with a time of 43.69 seconds, which was the 9th time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they failed to qualify for the final.

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* Belarusian female sprinters 1981 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Belarus World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic female sprinters {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub