List of Olympic champions for Ukraine explained

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.

Summer Olympic Games

Athlete! align="center"
PhotoSportNumber of
gold medals
YearsNote
Yana Klochkova

(Яна Клочкова)

Swimming
42000 (2), 2004 (2)
Vasyl Lomachenko

(Василь Ломаченко)

Boxing
22008, 2012
Lilia Podkopayeva

(Лілія Подкопаєва)

Artistic gymnastics
21996
Artur Ayvazyan

(Артур Айвазян)

Shooting
12008
Yevhen Braslavets

(Євген Браславець)

Sailing
11996Team effort with Ihor Matviyenko
Yuri Cheban

(Юрій Чебан)

Canoe racing
22012, 2016
Yana Dementyeva

(Яна Дементьєва)

Rowing
12012Team effort
Natalya Dobrynska

(Наталя Добринська)

Athletics
12008
Nataliya Dovgodko

(Наталія Довгодько)

Rowing
12012Team effort
Valeriy Goncharov

(Валерій Гончаров)

Artistic gymnastics
12004
Olga Kharlan

(Ольга Харлан)

Fencing
12008Team effort
Olena Khomrova

(Олена Хомрова)

Fencing
12008Team effort
Wladimir Klitschko

(Володимир Кличко)

Boxing
11996
Olena Kostevych

(Олена Костевич)

Shooting
12004
Anastasiya Kozhenkova

(Анастасія Коженкова)

Rowing
12012Team effort
Inesa Kravets

(Інеса Кравець)

Athletics
11996
Ihor Matviyenko

(Ігор Матвієнко)

Sailing
11996Team effort with Yevhen Braslavets
Iryna Merleni

(Ірина Мерлені)

Wrestling
12004
Mykola Milchev

(Микола Мільчев)

Shooting
12000
Yuriy Nikitin

(Юрій Нікітін)

Trampoline
12004
Vyacheslav Oleynyk

(В'ячеслав Олійник)

Wrestling
11996
Inna Osypenko-Radomska

(Інна Осипенко-Радомська)

Canoe racing
12008
Oleksandr Petriv

(Олександр Петрів)

Shooting
12008
Halyna Pundyk

(Галина Пундик)

Fencing
12008Team effort
Viktor Ruban

(Віктор Рубан)

Archery
12008
Ekaterina Serebryanskaya

(Катерина Серебрянська)

Rhythmic gymnastics
11996
Rustam Sharipov

(Рустам Шаріпов)

Artistic gymnastics
11996Also an Olympic champion in 1992
as member of the Unified Team
Yana Shemyakina

(Яна Шемякіна)

Fencing
12012
Nataliya Skakun

(Наталія Скакун)

Weightlifting
12004
Kateryna Tarasenko

(Катерина Тарасенко)

Rowing
12012Team effort
Timur Taymazov

(Тимур Таймазов)

Weightlifting
11996
Elbrus Tedeyev

(Ельбрус Тедеєв)

Wrestling
12004
Oleksiy Torokhtiy

(Олексій Торохтій)

Weightlifting
12012
Oleksandr Usyk

(Олександр Усик)

Boxing
12012
Olha Zhovnir

(Ольга Жовнір)

Fencing
12008Team effort+

Winter Olympic Games

Athlete! align="center"
PhotoSportNumber of gold
medals
YearsNote
Oksana Baiul

(Оксана Баюл)

Figure skating
11994The first Olympic champion of independent Ukraine
Juliya Dzhyma

(Юлія Джима)

Biathlon
12014Team effort.
Olena Pidhrushna

(Олена Підгрушна)

Biathlon
12014Team effort.
Valentyna Semerenko

(Валентина Семеренко)

Biathlon
12014Team effort.
Vita Semerenko

(Віта Семеренко)

Biathlon
12014Team effort.+

References

Notes and 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. http://www.london2012.com/country/ukraine/profile/index.html Ukraine