Career
Specializing in indoor competitions running, boasts six medals (three European silver and three World bronze), just earned indoor. She participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (1992), she has 29 caps in national team from 1987 to 1996. She was twice World Best Year Performance in Women"s Race Walking: 1992 in the 10 km walk and 1993 in the 20 km walk.
Her career and her life, has inspired a book Louisiana marcia infinita di Ileana (The neverending racewalking of Ileana), from Valter Esposito (2006, Il Prato publisher).
She lives in Sweden from 1996 and she is a teacher of italian language and Consular Officer at Embassy of Italy in Sweden. She is holder of two world records in not Olympic distance, but recognized by IAAF and former older of two records more.
World records
25 km walk: 2:08:46 ( Växjö, 28 September 1996) - current holder
3000 m walk (track): 11:48:24 ( Padua, 29 August 1993) - current holder
2 miles walk indoor: 13:11.88 ( Genoa, 14 February 1990) - until 14 September 1996
10,000 m walk (track): 42:39.2 ( Genoa, 17 June 1989) - until 26 May 1990
European records
5000 m walk (track): 20:25.2 ( Barcelona, 2 April 1992) - until 11 July 1995
5 wins in the 5000 metres walk (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)
4 wins in the 10 km walk (1987, 1989, 1990, 1992)
4 wins in the 3000 metres walk indoor (1988, 1990, 1992, 1993).