Sports, games, and recreation

Illusion (company)

Illusion (イリュージョン, ILLUSION) was a Japanese 3D bishoujo adult game developer founded in 1992, known for Honey Select and Koikatsu; it ended development and sales on August 18, 2023, with no successor company, though the separate ILLGAMES brand launched days earlier.

Illusion of Gaia

Illusion of Gaia (Gaia Gensouki; Illusion of Time in Europe) is a 1993 Quintet/Enix SNES action RPG starring Will, who transforms into Freedan and Shadow, part of the Soul Blazer trilogy.

Ilmari Salminen

Ilmari Salminen (1902–1986), Finnish long-distance runner, 10,000 m Olympic champion at Berlin 1936 (30:15.4), world record holder 30:05.6 in 1937, and two-time European 10,000 m champion (1934, 1938).

Ilmari Vesamaa

Ilmari Vesamaa (1893–1973) was a Finnish track and field athlete of Viipurin Reipas who competed at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics as a non-scoring member of Finland's gold-winning cross-country team.

Ilona Elek Schacherer

Ilona Elek Schacherer (Elek Ilona, 1907-1988), Hungarian foil fencer; first Hungarian woman Olympic champion, gold 1936 and 1948, silver 1952; 11 world golds; sister of Margit Elek.

Ilona Gusenbauer

Ilona Gusenbauer (born 1947, Gummersbach) is an Austrian high jumper, 1971 world record holder at 1.92 m ending Iolanda Balas's decade-old mark, 1971 European champion, and 1972 Olympic bronze medallist.

Ilona Richter

Ilona Richter (later Richter-Dörfel, born 1953) is a German rower who won Olympic gold in the women's coxed eight for East Germany at Montréal 1976 and Moskva 1980, plus world titles in 1974, 1975, and 1977.

Ilona Schoknecht Slupianek

Ilona Schoknecht-Slupianek (also Slupianek, Briesenick), East German shot putter born 1956 in Demmin; 1980 Moscow Olympic champion with 22.41 m Olympic record; first GDR athlete to fail a doping test.

Ilsa Konrads

Ilsa Konrads (born 1944, Riga) is an Australian former swimmer, half of the Konrads Kids with brother John; she set 12 individual world records, won 1958 Commonwealth gold and 1960 Olympic relay silver.

Ilse Paulis

Ilse Paulis (born 1993) is a retired Dutch rower, Olympic gold medalist in the lightweight double sculls at Rio 2016 with Maaike Head and bronze medalist at Tokyo 2020, now regatta director of the 2026 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam.

Ilse van der Meijden

Ilse van der Meijden, Dutch water polo goalkeeper born 1988 in Baarn, won Olympic gold with the Netherlands at Beijing 2008, saving twice in the final 10 seconds of the 9-8 final against the USA; later played at USC and the 2010 European bronze.

Ilsebill Pfenning

Ilsebill Pfenning (1916–1999), Swiss high jumper of SAL Lugano, equaled the women's high jump world record at 1.66 m on 27 July 1941 using the Western Roll; the IAAF recognized it only in 1976, and she never reached an Olympics.

Ilunga Makabu

Ilunga Makabu (Ilunga Junior Makabu), born 1987 in Kananga, DRC, is a Congolese southpaw boxer, first DRC world champion, WBC cruiserweight titleholder 2020-2023, record 30-4 (26 KOs).

Ilves

Ilves (Finnish for lynx) is a Tampere multi-sport club founded 10 April 1931 by Niilo Tammisalo; its ice hockey team has won 16 Finnish titles, and the club claims 164 SM medals. Not the Estonian skier Kristjan Ilves.

Ilya Byakin

Ilya Byakin (Илья Владимирович Бякин), Russian defenseman born 1963 in Sverdlovsk; 1988 Olympic gold and three World titles with USSR; 57 NHL games with Edmonton and San Jose; retired 2004, later a coach.

Ilya Ilyin

Ilya Ilyin (Илья Александрович Ильин), Kazakh weightlifter born 1988, double Olympic 94kg champion (2008, 2012) and four-time world champion; stripped of both Olympic golds after stanozolol and turinabol retest positives, sanctioned two years in 2018.

Ilya Kablukov

Ilya Kablukov (Илья Андреевич Каблуков, born 1988, Moscow) is a Russian ice hockey center, 2018 Olympic champion with Olympic Athletes from Russia and three-time Gagarin Cup winner (SKA 2015, 2017; Avangard 2021), a defensive forward with over 1,000 KHL games.

Ilya Kovalchuk (Илья Валерьевич Ковальчук)

Ilya Kovalchuk (Илья Валерьевич Ковальчук), Russian hockey forward born 1983; first Russian taken first overall in the NHL draft (2001, Atlanta); his 17-year Devils contract was voided for cap circumvention; three Gagarin Cups; 2018 Olympic gold; now Shanghai Dragons president.