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Special Olympics Kazakhstan aquatics coaches Nikolai and Galina Iliny, with their athlete daughter Eugenia. |
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Nikolai and Galina Iliny, along with their daughter Eugenia, 16, a bowler, are active members of Special Olympics Kazakhstan in Almaty.
Since 1999, the 40-year-old Ilinya, a nurse, has been a bowling coach; in 2000 she became an aquatics coach for Special Olympics athletes with severe disabilities. Her husband Nikolai, 41, a businessman and former professional swimmer, is also an aquatics coach.
“The Iliny family inspires all who meet them, particularly other parents,” said Yulia Tokareva, Public Relations Manager, Special Olympics Kazakhstan. “They express such optimism, cheerfulness and a willingness to live and celebrate life.”
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