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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 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.
Olena Tsyhytsia is a Ukrainian team handball player. She received a bronze medal with the Ukrainian national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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Kovtun, Russian: Колтун (Koltun), Polish: Kołtun, are gender-neutral surnames derived from the Slavic word for a formation of hair called Polish plait, as a nickname for a person with unkempt hair, "mophead".
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Nazar Vyacheslavovich Chepurnyi is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast. He participated in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Illia Yuriyovych Kovtun is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2020 Olympic Games. He is the 2021 World and 2021 and 2023 European all-around bronze medalist, 2023 European champion on the parallel bars, and is a two-time junior world championships medalist.
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