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The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Sarajevo '84, were a winter multi-sport event held between 8 and 19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It was the first Winter Olympic Games held in a Slavic language-speaking country, as well as the only Winter Olympics held in a communist country before the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. It was the second consecutive Olympic Games held in a communist country, after the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
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.
Turkey competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Ukraine competed in the Winter Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Previously, Ukrainian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
Oleksandr Beresch was a gymnast from Ukraine and Olympic medallist at the 2000 Sydney Games.
Oleksandr Mykhailovych Batyuk is a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed in the 1980s, training at Dynamo in Chernihiv. He won a silver in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. He is a member of the Ski Federation of Ukraine and the only Olympian of the federation who received medal at Olympics.
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 Gontchenkov is a Ukrainian former professional racing cyclist, who competed early in his career on the track and throughout his professional career (1993–2000) on the road. He competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics for the Unified Team.
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.
Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Likhvald is a retired male weightlifter from Ukraine. He competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's bantamweight division, finishing in 9th place in the final standings. He competed at world championships, most recently at the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships.
Oleksandr Kaydash is a Ukrainian former athlete who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Oleksandr Olehovych Horshkovozov is a Ukrainian diver.
Vasyl Matviychuk or Vasyl Oleksandrovych Matviichuk is a Ukrainian long-distance runner.
Oleksandr Stepanovych Chernetskyi is an amateur Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler, who wrestled for the men's super heavyweight category.
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Fedenko is a Ukrainian retired cyclist. He competed in four road and track events at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the 4000 m team pursuit in 2000. In this discipline his team finished in seventh place at the 1996 Games and won two world titles in 1998 and 2001.
Oleksandr Iosypovych Khotsianivskyi is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler, who competes in the men's super heavyweight category. He is two-time bronze European medalist and silver Universiade medalist. Khotsianivskyi represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 120 kg category. He lost the qualifying round match to Turkey's Taha Akgül, who was able to score three points in two straight periods, leaving Khotsianivskyi without a single point.
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.
Ski Federation of Ukraine is a national governing body of skiing in Ukraine.
Oleksandr Zarovniy is a Ukrainian cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 10 kilometre classical event at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Oleksandr Svitlychniy is a Ukrainian gymnast. He won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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