List of Olympic champions of Ukraine

This is a list of all Olympic champions of Ukraine (since Ukraine has taken part in the Games as a separate representation).[1] As of February 24, 2014 there are 41 Olympic champions which represented Ukraine (5 at Winter Games and 36 at Summer). Athletes are sorted by number of gold medals and then by surname.

The first Olympic champion of separate Ukrainian representation[2] was figure skater Oksana Baiul at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer; the first[3] of a Summer Olympic Games was wrestler Vyacheslav Oleynyk at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. The first Ukraine-born gold medal winner was Bobbie Rosenfeld (a Canadian athlete) at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.[4]

Winter Olympic Games

Athlete Photo Sport Number of gold
medals
Years Note
Oksana Baiul

(Оксана Баюл)

Figure skating
1 1994 The first Olympic champion of independent Ukraine
Juliya Dzhyma

(Юлія Джима)

Biathlon
1 2014 Team effort.
Olena Pidhrushna

(Олена Підгрушна)

Biathlon
1 2014 Team effort.
Valentyna Semerenko

(Валентина Семеренко)

Biathlon
1 2014 Team effort.
Vita Semerenko

(Віта Семеренко)

Biathlon
1 2014 Team effort.

Summer Olympic Games

Athlete Photo Sport Number of
gold medals
Years Note
Yana Klochkova

(Яна Клочкова)

Swimming
4 2000 (2), 2004 (2)
Vasyl Lomachenko

(Василь Ломаченко)

Boxing
2 2008, 2012
Lilia Podkopayeva

(Лілія Подкопаєва)

Artistic gymnastics
2 1996
Artur Ayvazyan

(Артур Айвазян)

Shooting
1 2008
Yevhen Braslavets

(Євген Браславець)

Sailing
1 1996 Team effort with Ihor Matviyenko
Yuri Cheban

(Юрій Чебан)

Canoe racing
1 2012
Yana Dementieva

(Яна Дементьєва)

Rowing
1 2012 Team effort
Natalya Dobrynska

(Наталя Добринська)

Athletics
1 2008
Nataliya Dovgodko

(Наталія Довгодько)

Rowing
1 2012 Team effort
Valeriy Goncharov

(Валерій Гончаров)

Artistic gymnastics
1 2004
Olga Kharlan

(Ольга Харлан)

Fencing
1 2008 Team effort
Olena Khomrova

(Олена Хомрова)

Fencing
1 2008 Team effort
Wladimir Klitschko

(Володимир Кличко)

Boxing
1 1996
Olena Kostevych

(Олена Костевич)

Shooting
1 2004
Anastasiia Kozhenkova

(Анастасія Коженкова)

Rowing
1 2012 Team effort
Inesa Kravets

(Інеса Кравець)

Athletics
1 1996
Ihor Matviyenko

(Ігор Матвієнко)

Sailing
1 1996 Team effort with Yevhen Braslavets
Iryna Merleni

(Ірина Мерлені)

Wrestling
1 2004
Mykola Milchev

(Микола Мільчев)
Milchev at the center

Shooting
1 2000
Yuriy Nikitin

(Юрій Нікітін)

Trampoline
1 2004
Vyacheslav Oleynyk

(В'ячеслав Олійник)

Wrestling
1 1996
Inna Osypenko-Radomska

(Інна Осипенко-Радомська)

Canoe racing
1 2008
Oleksandr Petriv

(Олександр Петрів)

Shooting
1 2008
Halyna Pundyk

(Галина Пундик)

Fencing
1 2008 Team effort
Viktor Ruban

(Віктор Рубан)

Archery
1 2008
Ekaterina Serebryanskaya

(Катерина Серебрянська)

Rhythmic gymnastics
1 1996
Rustam Sharipov

(Рустам Шаріпов)

Artistic gymnastics
1 1996 Also an Olympic champion in 1992
as member of the Unified Team
Yana Shemyakina

(Яна Шемякіна)

Fencing
1 2012
Nataliya Skakun

(Наталія Скакун)

Weightlifting
1 2004
Kateryna Tarasenko

(Катерина Тарасенко)

Rowing
1 2012 Team effort
Timur Taymazov

(Тимур Таймазов)

Weightlifting
1 1996
Elbrus Tedeyev

(Ельбрус Тедеєв)

Wrestling
1 2004
Oleksiy Torokhtiy

(Олексій Торохтій)

Weightlifting
1 2012
Oleksandr Usyk

(Олександр Усик)

Boxing
1 2012
Olha Zhovnir

(Ольга Жовнір)

Fencing
1 2008 Team effort

References

  1. The list excludes Ukrainians who became champions at the 1992 Olympics as they represented Unified Team.
  2. The first Olympic champion of independent Ukraine was figure skater Viktor Petrenko who won gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics representing Unified Team. See here for details.
  3. 12 Ukrainians won gold medals at the 1992 Olympics representing Unified Team. See here for details.
  4. Ukraine, Official website of the 2012 Summer Olympics
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