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] Data as of end of 2016 Olympics.
Winter Olympic Games[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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) |
|
_pictogram.svg) 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) |
|
_pictogram.svg) Canoe racing |
2 | 2012, 2016 | |
| Yana Dementyeva (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 | |
| Anastasiya 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) |
|
_pictogram.svg) 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) |
|
_pictogram.svg) 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[edit]
- ^ The list excludes Ukrainians who became champions at the 1992 Olympics as they represented Unified Team.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 12 Ukrainians won gold medals at the 1992 Olympics representing Unified Team. See here for details.
- ^ Ukraine Archived 2012-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, Official website of the 2012 Summer Olympics