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Ukraine at the Olympics

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IOC code
  
UKR

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59

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Ukraine at the Olympics

NOC
  
National Olympic Committee of Ukraine

Website
  
www.noc-ukr.org (Ukrainian) (English)

Medals
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 37 31 59 127

Ukraine first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1994, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then. The first athlete who won the gold medal for the yellow-blues was Oksana Baiul.

Previously, athletes of modern Ukraine mostly competed as part of the Russian Empire (1900-1912) and the Soviet Union from 1952 to 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian athletes were part of the Unified Team in 1992. Tatiana Gutsu became the best athlete of the Unified Team in 1992 from the independent Ukraine.

Historically, there were few athletes of Ukraine who also defended colors of Romania, Poland, and others nations. Please note that not all athletes are ethnic Ukrainians.

Independently, Ukraine has won a total of 121 medals at the Summer Games and 7 at the Winter Games, with gymnastics at summer and biathlon at winter as the nation's top medal-producing sports.

The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine was created in 1990 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.

Flag bearers

  • 1994 Lillehammer – Viktor Petrenko
  • 1996 Atlanta – Sergey Bubka
  • 1998 Nagano – Andriy Deryzemlya
  • 2000 Sydney – Yevhen Braslavets
  • 2002 Salt Lake City – Olena Petrova
  • 2004 Athens – Denys Sylantyev
  • 2006 Turin – Natalya Yakuchenko
  • 2008 Beijing – Yana Klochkova
  • 2010 Vancouver – Liliya Ludan
  • 2012 London – Roman Hontyuk
  • 2014 Sochi – Valentina Shevchenko
  • 2016 Rio de Janeiro – Mykola Milchev
  • References

    Ukraine at the Olympics Wikipedia