List of Olympic champions of Ukraine
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This is a list of all Olympic champions of Ukraine (since Ukraine became independent). There are 29 Olympic champions which represented Ukraine (1 at Winter Games and 28 at Summer). Athletes are sorted by number of gold medals and then by surname.
The first Olympic champion of independent Ukraine was fugure skater Oksana Baiul
, the first champion of Summer Olympic Games was wrestler of Greco-Roman style Vyacheslav Oleynyk
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The first Olympic champion of independent Ukraine was fugure skater Oksana Baiul
Oksana Baiul
Oksana Serhiyivna Baiul is a Ukrainian professional figure skater. She is the 1994 Olympic Champion in Ladies' Singles and 1993 World Champion.-Early and personal life:...
, the first champion of Summer Olympic Games was wrestler of Greco-Roman style Vyacheslav Oleynyk
Vyacheslav Oleynyk
Vyacheslav Oleynyk is a Ukrainian wrestler and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:...
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Winter Olympic Games
| Athlete | Full name in Ukrainian | Sport | Number of gold medals |
Years | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oksana Baiul Oksana Baiul Oksana Serhiyivna Baiul is a Ukrainian professional figure skater. She is the 1994 Olympic Champion in Ladies' Singles and 1993 World Champion.-Early and personal life:... |
Баюл Оксана Сергіївна | Figure skating Figure skating Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions... |
1 | 1994 |
Summer Olympic Games
| Athlete | Full name in Ukrainian | Sport | Number of gold medals |
Years | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yana Klochkova Yana Klochkova Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold.Her gold medals came in the 200 meter individual medley and the 400 meter individual medley at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics; her silver medal came in the 800 meter... |
Клочкова Яна Олександрівна | Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... |
4 | 2000 (2), 2004 (2) | |
| Lilia Podkopayeva Lilia Podkopayeva Lilia Alexandrivna Podkopayeva ; born August 15, 1978 in Donetsk) is a retired Ukrainian gymnast who became the 1996 Olympic all-around champion, the 1995 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships all-around champion and the 1996 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships all-around champion... |
Подкопаєва Лілія Олександрівна | Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
2 | 1996 | |
| Artur Ayvazyan | Айвазян Артур Суренович | Shooting Shooting Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman... |
1 | 2008 | |
| Yuriy Bilonog | Білоног Юрій Григорович | Athletics | 1 | 2004 | |
| Yevhen Braslavets Yevhen Braslavets Yevhen Braslavets is a Ukrainian sailor and Olympic champion.He won a gold medal in the 470 Class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, together with Ihor Matviyenko.-References:... |
Браславець Євген Анатолійович | Sailing Sailing Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and... |
1 | 1996 | In the team with Ihor Matviyenko |
| Natalya Dobrynska | Добринська Наталя Володимирівна | Athletics | 1 | 2008 | |
| Valeriy Goncharov | Гончаров Валерій Володимирович | Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
1 | 2004 | |
| Olga Kharlan Olga Kharlan Olga Kharlan is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
Харлан Ольга Геннадіївна | Fencing Fencing Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games... |
1 | 2008 | In the team |
| Olena Khomrova Olena Khomrova Olena Khomrova is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.... |
Хомрова Олена Миколаївна | Fencing | 1 | 2008 | In the team |
| Wladimir Klitschko Wladimir Klitschko Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer. Klitschko is the WBA , IBF, WBO Super, IBO & Ring Magazine Champion. His older brother Vitali Klitschko is the current WBC champion... |
Кличко Володимир Володимирович | Boxing Boxing Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds... |
1 | 1996 | |
| Olena Kostevych Olena Kostevych Olena Kostevych is a pistol shooter from Chernigov, Ukraine. She was born in Khabarovsk, Soviet Union.At the age of 17, Kostevych won the 10 m Air Pistol event at the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships. She followed this with a victory in the 2003 ISSF World Cup Final, and an Olympic gold... |
Костевич Олена Дмитрівна | Shooting Shooting Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman... |
1 | 2004 | |
| Inesa Kravets (Shulyak) Inessa Kravets Inessa Mykolajivna Kravets is an Ukrainian triple jumper and long jumper.She jumped the world record at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg with 15.50m after studying a picture of Jonathan Edwards.... |
Кравець (Шуляк) Інеса Миколаївна | Athletics | 1 | 1996 | |
| Vasyl Lomachenko Vasyl Lomachenko Vasyl Anatoliyovich Lomachenko is a Ukrainian amateur boxer who won the silver medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, a gold medal at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships and the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the featherweight division. Lomachenko is coached by... |
Ломаченко Василь Анатолійович | Boxing Boxing Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds... |
1 | 2008 | |
| Ihor Matviyenko Ihor Matviyenko Ihor Matviyenko is a Ukrainian sailor and Olympic champion.He won a gold medal in the 470 Class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, together with Yevhen Braslavets.-References:... |
Матвієнко Ігор Григорович | Sailing Sailing Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and... |
1 | 1996 | In the team with Yevhen Braslavets |
| Mykola Milchev Mykola Milchev Mykola Milchev is a Ukrainian sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won Gold medal in Skeet shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, setting Olympic record with a perfect score of 150, and also tying the world record.... |
Мільчев Микола Миколайович | Shooting Shooting Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman... |
1 | 2000 | |
| Irini Mykulchyn (Merleni) Irini Merleni Irina Oleksiyivna Merleni-Mykulchyn is a Ukrainian wrestler, who competed in the – 48 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and claimed the gold medal. In the same event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal.... |
Микульчин (Мерлені) Ірина Олексіївна | Wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position... |
1 | 2004 | |
| Yuriy Nikitin Yuri Nikitin (gymnast) Yuri Nikitin is a Ukrainian gymnast and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-External links:... |
Нікітін Юрій Вікторович | Trampoline Trampoline A trampoline is a device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over a steel frame using many coiled springs. People bounce on trampolines for recreational and competitive purposes.... |
1 | 2004 | |
| Vyacheslav Oleynyk Vyacheslav Oleynyk Vyacheslav Oleynyk is a Ukrainian wrestler and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:... |
Олейник В'ячеслав Миколайович | Wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position... |
1 | 1996 | |
| Inna Osypenko-Radomska Inna Osypenko Inna Volodymyrivna Osipenko-Radomska is an Ukrainian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won two medals with a gold in the K-1 500 m in 2008 and a bronze in the K-4 500 m in 2004.... |
Осипенко-Радомська Інна Володимирівна | Canoe racing Canoe racing This article discusses canoe sprint and canoe marathon, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water. Both sports are governed by the International Canoe Federation .... |
1 | 2008 | |
| Oleksandr Petriv Oleksandr Petriv Oleksandr Petriv is an Olympic shooter from Ukraine. He was born in Lviv. He won a gold medal in the Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.- Links :*... |
Петрів Олександр Святославович | Shooting Shooting Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman... |
1 | 2008 | |
| Halyna Pundyk Halyna Pundyk Halyna Vasylivna Pundyk is an Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.... |
Пундик Галина Василівна | Fencing Fencing Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games... |
1 | 2008 | In the team |
| Viktor Ruban Viktor Ruban Viktor Ruban is an athlete from Ukraine, who competes in archery.-2004 Summer Olympics:Ruban competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32; he also won his second match, advancing to the round of 16... |
Рубан Віктор Геннадійович | Archery Archery Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity... |
1 | 2008 | |
| Ekaterina Serebryanskaya | Серебрянська Катерина Олегівна | Rhythmic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which individuals or teams of competitors manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: rope, clubs, hoop, ball, ribbon and Free . An individual athlete only manipulates 1 apparatus at a time... |
1 | 1996 | |
| Rustam Sharipov Rustam Sharipov Rustam Sharipov is a Ukrainian gymnast and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, representing Ukraine, and also a gold medal for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.... |
Шаріпов Рустам Халімджанович | Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
1 | 1996 | |
| Nataliya Skakun Nataliya Skakun Nataliya Anatoliïvna Skakun is a Ukrainian weightlifter who competed in the Women's 63 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal, lifting 242.5 kg in total. During clean & jerk she lifted 135.0 kg, which was a new Olympic record. She also for a time held the... |
Скакун Наталія Анатоліївна | Weightlifting | 1 | 2004 | |
| Timur Taymazov Timur Taymazov Timur Taymazov is a Ukrainian weightlifter and Olympic champion.He was born in Nogir, North Ossetia. Taymazov has a younger brother, Artur, who is also 2004 Olympic Champion in freestyle wrestling.... |
Таймазов Тимур Борисович | Weightlifting | 1 | 1996 | |
| Elbrus Tedeyev Elbrus Tedeyev Elbrus Tedeyev is a Ukrainian wrestler and Olympic champion; he became a citizen of Ukraine in 1993. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens... |
Тедеєв Ельбрус Сосланович | Wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position... |
1 | 2004 | |
| Olha Zhovnir Olha Zhovnir Olha Zhovnir is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.... |
Жовнір Ольга Богданівна | Fencing Fencing Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games... |
1 | 2008 | In the team |