Aksana Drahun aka Oksana Dragun, is a Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

ian sprinter

Sprint (race)

Sprints are short running events in athletics and track and field. Races over short distances are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the Ancient Olympic Games featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of the stadium to the other...

 who specializes in the 100 metres

100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

. Her personal best time is 11.28 seconds, achieved in July 2005 in Minsk

Minsk

- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

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She won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay

2005 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 x 100 metres relay

The 4 x 100 metre relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 13 and August 14.-Medals:-Qualifying:...

 at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics

2005 World Championships in Athletics

The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland , the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of...

 together with Yulia Nestsiarenka, Natallia Solohub

Natallia Solohub

Natallia Solohub, sometimes spelt Sologub , is a Belarusian sprinter.She has won silver medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 and 2006 World Indoor Championships, and a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships.At the 2001 World Championships she failed a drugs test...

 and Alena Neumiarzhitskaya. At the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

 she won a bronze medal in 4x100 metres relay with Nestsiarenka, Natallia Safronnikava and Neumiarzhitskaya.

Drahun represented Belarus at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Belarus at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Belarus attended the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. A team of 181 athletes competed in 28 different sports.-Medalists:- Archery:Belarus sent two archers to the Olympics, one in the men's competition and one in the women's.Men...

 in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Nestsiarenka, Nastassia Shuliak

Nastassia Shuliak

Nastassia Shuliak is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Belarus.Shuliak represented Belarus at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Yuliya Nestsiarenka, Aksana Drahun and Anna Bagdanovich...

 and Anna Bagdanovich

Anna Bagdanovich

Anna Bagdanovich , also transliterated as Hanna Bahdanovich, is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Belarus....

. 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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