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| Nationality | Ukrainian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 August 1972 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oleksandr Svitlychniy (born 23 August 1972) is a Ukrainian gymnast. He won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. [1]
Ukraine competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 230 competitors, 139 men and 91 women, took part in 185 events in 23 sports.
Ukraine competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Ukrainian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 231 competitors, 146 men and 85 women, took part in 148 events in 21 sports.
Oleksandr Iurkov is a Ukrainian professional decathlete and coach. The participant of the 2000 Sidney Summer Olympics, the silver medalist at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships, the Ukrainian champion. The decathlete included in the top ranking of the world's best decathletes. The winner of the 2000-2001 European Cup Championships.
Oleksandr Sydorenko, also known as Aleksandr Sidorenko, was an individual medley swimmer from the USSR. He won the 400 m individual medley at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny was a Ukrainian professional basketball player. He was a member of the senior Soviet national team, from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, EuroBasket 1987. At a height of 2.16 m tall, and a weight of 120 kg (260 lbs.), he played at the center position.
Aleksandr Alekseyevich Motuzenko, also known as Oleksandr Oleksiyovych Motuzenko, is a Soviet-born Ukrainian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event.
Vasil Fyodaravich Yakusha was a Belarusian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. During most of his career, he was a single sculler.
Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Marchenko is a Ukrainian rower. He and his partner Vasil Yakusha won the bronze medal for the Soviet Union in the double sculls competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Julio César De La Cruz Peraza is a Cuban professional boxer. As an amateur he won gold medals at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, and the 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships. As a professional, he has qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Jörg Fiedler is a German épée fencer, European champion in 2011 and 2013, and three-time team silver world medallist.
Teymur Mammadov is a heavyweight amateur boxer from Azerbaijan. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and reached quarterfinals at the 2016 Games, where he served as the flag bearer for Azerbaijan during the Parade of Nations.
Oleksandr Olehovych Horshkovozov is a Ukrainian diver.
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Kyrychenko is a Ukrainian track cyclist. He won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics, competing for the Soviet Union. The first coach for Olympics was Oleksandr Kulyk, which fell in battle in 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Oleksandr Stepanovych Chernetskyi is an amateur Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler, who wrestled for the men's super heavyweight category.
Oleksandr Serhiyovych Darahan is an amateur Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's light heavyweight category. In 2001, Daragan had won two bronze medals for his division at the World Wrestling Championships in Patras, Greece, and at the European Wrestling Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. He is also a member of the wrestling team for Dynamo Mariupol, and is coached and trained by his father Sergey Daragan.
Oleksandr Iosypovych Khotsianivskyi is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler, who competes in the men's super heavyweight category.
Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Abramenko is a Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist freestyle skier, specializing in aerials. He is the 2015–16 Aerials World Cup winner. He competed at the 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, winning the Olympic gold medal in the men's aerials event at Pyeongchang. Abramenko is also 2019 World Championships and 2022 Winter Olympics silver medalist.
Dmytro Valeriyovych Mikhay is a Ukrainian rower. He won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, with what is still a world's fastest time as of September 2018.
Oleksandr Shcherbyna is a former Soviet racewalker. Born in Kirovohrad in the Ukrainian SSR, he represented his country in the 50 kilometres race walk at the 1960 Summer Olympics, placing fourth. He won two bronze medals in major international competition, coming third at the 1966 European Athletics Championships and 1967 IAAF World Race Walking Cup.
Oleksandr Shadchyn is a Ukrainian former volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain with the Unified Team. Previously, he helped the Soviet Union win the bronze medal at the 1990 FIVB World Championship in Brazil and the gold medal at the 1991 FIVB World Cup in Japan.
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