Sport | |
---|---|
Country | Ukraine |
Sport | Paralympic powerlifting |
Medal record |
Olena Kiseolar is a Ukrainian Paralympic powerlifter. [1] She represented Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Paralympics held in Athens, Greece and she won the bronze medal in the women's 48 kg event. [1]
Olena Ihorivna Vitrychenko, also known as Elena Vitrichenko, is an Individual Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnast. She is the 1996 Olympics bronze medalist, the 1997 World All-around champion and 1997 European All-around champion.
Olena Petrova is a former Ukrainian biathlete. Petrova had switched to competing for Ukraine when she was unable to land a spot on the Russian team. She is a Merited Master of Sports of Ukraine and a former member of Dynamo (Ukraine).
Olena Dmytrivna Kostevych is a Ukrainian pistol shooter. She is the 2004 Olympic champion in the 10 metre air pistol event, 2002 World champion in 10 m air pistol event and 2018 World champion in 25 m pistol event. She is also multiple European Championships champion and medalist as well as Universiade champion.
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. However for the first time the Ukrainian national flag and the Ukrainian state anthem sounded in 1992 when Oleg Kutscherenko from Luhansk Oblast won his gold medal in Barcelona as part of the so called "Unified Team".
Ukraine sent a delegation of 90 athletes to the 2004 Summer Paralympics, covering nine sports.
Olena Yuriyivna Iurkovska is a cross-country skier and biathlete from Ukraine, and a five time Paralympic Champion. She has competed at every Winter Paralympic Games since 2002, winning a total of five gold, five silver, and five bronze medals up to 2010. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, as a member of the Ukrainian volleyball team.
Yana Mykhailivna Dementieva is a Ukrainian rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics Dementyeva won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls event with Kateryna Tarasenko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova and Nataliya Dovhodko. She is also a World and European champion in the quadruple sculls, as well as being a European champion in the double sculls.
Oleh Petrovych Omelchuk is a Ukrainian sport shooter who competes in the men's 10 metre air pistol and the men's 50 metre pistol. He is the 2014 European 10 m pistol champion.
Olena Serhiyivna Kryvytska is a Ukrainian fencer.
Anastasia Diodorova is a Paralympic swimmer from Russia competing mainly in category S6 events.
Olena Hrachykivna Akopyan is a Paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing mainly in category S5 events. She is also one of the rare sportswomen to have competed in both the summer and winter Paralympics having competed in the biathlon and cross-country skiing in the winter Paralympics. The majority of Akopyan's Paralympic success came in the pool where she won thirteen of her fifteen medals including her only gold medal.
Women's 10 km & 12.5 km biathlon events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Pragelato on 11 March.
Women's 7.5 km biathlon events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Pragelato on 14 March.
Women's short distance cross-country free skiing events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Pragelato on 12 March.
Women's middle distance cross-country classic skiing events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Pragelato on 15 March.
The Women's 50 metre freestyle S5 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 27 September. It was won by Olena Akopyan, representing Ukraine.
Olena Zamyrivna Shkhumova is a Ukrainian luger. She participated at 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.
Anastasiya Romanivna Voznyak is a Ukrainian female rhythmic gymnast. Voznyak competed alongside London 2012 Olympians Olena Dmytrash, Yevgeniya Gomon, Valeriia Gudym, and rookie Oleksandra Gridasova at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she and her Ukrainian team placed seventh in the group all-around final with a total score of 34.282. In 2021, she was part of Ukrainian group that competed at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Ukraine and took 7th place in group all-around Final with a total score of 77.600.
Olena Fedota is a Ukrainian épée and sabre wheelchair fencer. She won the silver medal in the women's sabre B event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Nataliia Lagutenko is a Ukrainian Paralympic canoeist. She competed in the paracanoeing competition at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning the silver medal in the women's KL2 event. Lagutenko also competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.