Ukraine at the 2004 Summer OlympicsSporting event delegationUkraine competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era. The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine sent the nation's largest ever delegation to these Games. A total of 240 athletes, 125 men and 115 women, took part in 21 sports.
Viktor RubanViktor Hennadiyovych Ruban (Ukrainian: Віктор Геннадійович Рубан; born 24 May 1981 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian archer. He is an Olympic gold medal winner and former world number one. 2004 Summer OlympicsRuban 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. In the third match, he lost to Laurence Godfrey of Great Britain.
2008 Summer OlympicsMulti-sport event in Beijing, ChinaThe 2008 Summer Olympics (Chinese: 2008年夏季奥运会), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (Chinese: 第二十九届夏季奥林匹克运动会) and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (Chinese: 北京2008), were an international multi-sport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China.
Belarus at the 2008 Summer OlympicsBelarus attended the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. A team of 181 athletes competed in 28 different sports.
France at the 2008 Summer OlympicsSporting event delegationThe contingent of France at the 2008 Summer Olympics comprised 323 athletes, who competed in 23 sports. They won 43 medals, including seven golds, to rank 10th on the medals table. MedalistsArcheryFrance will send archers to the Olympics for the twelfth time. France qualified a full team of three women by placing eighth in the women's team event at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships.
Tetyana BerezhnaUkrainian archer (born 1982) Tetyana Mykolayivna Berezhna (Ukrainian: Тетяна Миколаївна Бережна; born 13 November 1982) is an archer from Ukraine. Berezhna represented Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 14th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 640. In the first round of elimination, she faced 51st-ranked Fotini Vavatsi of Greece.
Viktoriya KovalViktoriya Oleksandrivna Koval (Ukrainian: Вікторія Олександрівна Коваль; born June 11, 1985) is an athlete from Ukraine who competes in archery. 2008 Summer OlympicsAt the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Koval finished her ranking round with a total of 641 points. This gave her the 21st seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Barbora Horáčková in the first round, beating the archer from the Czech Republic with 109–107.UkraineCountry in Eastern EuropeUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is Ukraine's capital and largest city, followed by Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro. The official language is Ukrainian.Hyleas FountainHyleas Fountain (born January 14, 1981) is an American heptathlete. She was the silver medalist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Hungary at the 2008 Summer OlympicsHungary competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country sent 131 individual competitors (77 men and 54 women) plus the men's and women's water polo teams and the women's handball team (13+13 + 14 athletes, respectively) for a total of 171 athletes taking part in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Hungary's gold medal count of 3 was the lowest in the nation's Summer Olympic history since the 1924 Paris Summer Olympics.
Lyudmyla BlonskaLyudmyla Leonidivna Blonska, née Shevchuk (Ukrainian: Людмила Леонідівна Блонська (Шевчук)), sometimes known as Lyudmila Blonskaya, (born November 9, 1977) is a Ukrainian former heptathlete, pentathlete, and long jumper. She was given a lifetime ban from competition after failing a drug test at the 2008 Summer Olympics, her second doping offense.
Nataliya DobrynskaNataliya Dobrynska (Ukrainian: Наталія Добринська; born 29 May 1982) is a retired Ukrainian athlete who competed in the combined events. She is the 2008 Beijing Olympic champion and also holds the heptathlon best in the shot put. Dobrynska was the world indoor record holder for the pentathlon with a score of 5013 points until March 2023.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.