Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

first participated at the

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as an independent nation in 1994, and has sent athletes to compete in every

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and

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since then. The first athlete who won the gold medal for the ''yellow-blues'' was

Oksana Baiul , altname= Oksana Baiul-Farina , birth_date= , birth_place=Dnipro, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union , residence= , height= , formercoach= Galina Zmievskaya Valentyn Nikolayev Stanislav Koritek , formerchoreographer= Sarah Kawahara , formertra ...

. Previously, athletes of modern Ukraine mostly competed as part of the

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(1900–1912) and the

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from 1952 to 1988, and after the

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, Ukrainian athletes were part of the Unified Team in 1992.

Tatiana Gutsu Tatiana Gutsu, rarely Tetiana Hutsu, ( uk, Тетяна Костянтинівна Ґуцу, ro, Tatiana Guțu; born 5 September 1976, in Odesa, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian former artistic gymnast from the Soviet Union and the winner of the a ...

became the best athlete of the Unified Team in 1992 from independent Ukraine. Independently, Ukraine has won a total of 120 medals at the Summer Games and 8 at the Winter Games, with

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at summer and

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at winter as the nation's top medal-producing sports. The

National Olympic Committee of Ukraine The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine ( uk, Нацiональний олiмпiйський комiтет України) is a non-profit all-Ukrainian public organization responsible for development, reinforcement, and protection of the Olym ...

was created in 1990 and recognized by the

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in 1993. Ukraine has won a total of 148 medals since it regained independence, with 38 of them gold, the second most amongst all post-Soviet states behind

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Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by summer sport

Medals by winter sport

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

Winter Olympics

Flag bearers

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Viktor Petrenko Viktor Vasyliovych Petrenko ( uk, Віктор Васильович Петренко; born 27 June 1969) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Ukraine during his career. He is the ...

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Sergey Bubka Sergey Nazarovych Bubka ( uk, Сергій Назарович Бубка; born 4 December 1963) is a Ukrainian former pole vaulter. He represented the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991. Bubka was twice named Athlete of the Year by '' T ...

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Andriy Deryzemlya Andriy Vasylovych Deryzemlya ( uk, Андрій Васильович Дериземля; born 18 August 1977) is a former Ukrainian biathlete who competed at the top level for eleven seasons before winning his first international medal, a bronze ...

* – Yevhen Braslavets * –

Olena Petrova Olena Petrova (formerly Elena Petrova; born 24 September 1972 in Sharkan, Udmurtia) is a former Ukrainian biathlete. Petrova had switched to competing for Ukraine when she was unable to land a spot on the Russian team. She is a Merited Master of ...

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Denys Sylantyev Denys Olegovich Sylantyev ( uk, Денис Олегович Силантьєв; born 3 October 1976) is a Ukrainian politician and retired swimmer. He competed at four consecutive Olympics between 1996 and 2008 and who won a silver medal in th ...

* – Natalia Yakushenko * –

Yana Klochkova Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova ( uk, Яна Олександрівна Клочкова; born 7 August 1982) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold. She is Merited Master of Sports (19 ...

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Liliya Ludan Liliya Anatoliyvna Ludan ( uk, Лілія Анатоліївна Лудан; born 2 June 1969 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian luger who has competed since 1985. Competing at the Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of sixth in the women's singles ev ...

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Roman Hontyuk Roman Volodymyrovych Hontyuk ( uk, Роман Володимирович Гонтюк), also spelled Roman Gontyuk, (born 2 February 1984) is an olympic medalist from Ukraine. He won a silver medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division ...

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Valentina Shevchenko Valentina Anatolievna Shevchenko (russian: Валентина Анатольевна Шевченко; born ) is a Kyrgyz and Peruvian professional mixed martial artist and former Muay Thai fighter. She currently competes in the women's Flyw ...

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Mykola Milchev Mykola Mykolayovych Milchev ( ua, Микола Миколайович Мільчев, born 3 November 1967) is a Ukrainian sport shooter. He is the 2000 Olympic champion in skeet shooting.Olena Bilosiuk * –

Olena Kostevych Olena Dmytrivna Kostevych ( ua, Олена Дмитрівна Костевич, born 14 April 1985) is a Ukrainian pistol shooter. She is the 2004 Olympic champion in the 10 metre air pistol event, 2002 World champion in 10 m air pistol event a ...

Bohdan Nikishyn Bohdan Serhiyovych Nikishyn ( uk, Богдан Сергійович Нікішин, translit=Bohdan Serhiyovyč Nikišyn; born 29 May 1980) is a Ukrainian right-handed épée fencer, 2015 team world champion, and three-time Olympian. Nikishyn c ...

Multiple medal winners

List of Soviet medalists

List of Soviet medalists who represented Soviet clubs out of the

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

and recognized by the Ukrainian NOC.Olympic champions (Олімпійські чемпіони)
Ukraine NOC.

Summer Olympics

Winter Olympics

The most prominent

Notes

References

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Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by summer sport

Medals by winter sport

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

Winter Olympics

Flag bearers

Multiple medal winners

List of Soviet medalists

Summer Olympics

Winter Olympics

The most prominent

See also

Notes

References

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