Konstantinos "Kostas" Kenteris, also spelled as Konstadinos "Costas" Kederis is a Greek former athlete. He won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and the 2002 European Championships in Athletics, making him the only European sprinter to win the gold medal in all three major competitions and the only European World Champion in the 200 metres races. Additionally, he has won two gold, three silver and two bronze medals in the European Cup, as well as three gold medals in the 200 metres at the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria. He is also a 14-time golden medalist at the Greek Athletics Championships and a five-time golden medalist at the Greek Indoor Athletics Championships. He withdrew from the 2004 Summer Olympics, held in his home country, after a doping violation.
Vera Samuilovna Krepkina was a Soviet-Ukrainian track and field athlete. She competed for the Soviet Union at the 1952, 1956, and 1960 Olympics. At all these Olympics she finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay and was eliminated in the heats of the 100 m sprint. In 1960, she also took part in the long jump and won a surprise gold medal with an Olympic record of 6.37 m, ahead of the defending champion Elżbieta Krzesińska and the world record holder Hildrun Claus.
Erwin Richard Skamrahl is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the 200 and 400 metres.
Nataliya Olehivna Pohrebniak is a Russian-Ukrainian sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres. Pohrebniak was part of the Ukrainian women's 4 × 100 m that won gold during the 2010 European Athletics with 42.29 – the fastest time in the world that year. She changed her allegiance to Russia after 2016 and began competing in Russian national competitions in 2019.
Ihor Bodrov is a Ukrainian sprinter.
Vladyslav Dolohodin is a retired sprinter from Ukraine, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics for his native country. He set his personal best in the men's 100 metres (10.35) on 1994-07-06 in Lausanne.
Andrii Oleksiyovych Protsenko is a Ukrainian high jumper. He is the 2022 World bronze medallist, 2014 World Indoor bronze medallist and European silver medallist.
Elena Chebanu is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. She was born in Ukraine and initially took part in regular sprint events, but since 2015 competes for Azerbaijan in the visually impaired category T12. She won the silver medal in the 100 m – T12 event at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
The 8th European Athletics U23 Championships were held on 14–17 July 2011 in the Městský stadion in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Anna Vasylivna Ryzhykova, nee Yaroshchuk is a Ukrainian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. At the European Athletics Championships, she won silver medals in 2012 and 2018, and bronze in 2022. Ryzhykova placed fifth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Serhiy Volodymyrovych Smelyk or Serhii Volodymyrovych Smelyk is a Ukrainian sprinter. He won the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2014 European Championships.
Kostyantyn Vasyukov is a retired Ukrainian athlete specialising in the sprinting events. He won the bronze medal in the 60 metres at the 2005 European Indoor Championships.
Irina Slyusar is a Ukrainian former track and field sprinter. She represented the Soviet Union at the World Championships in Athletics in 1987 and 1991 – she was a relay bronze medallist on her debut, but was disqualified for doping on her second appearance. She was twice Soviet national champion in the 100 metres.
Nikolay Razgonov is a retired Ukrainian sprinter who competed in the 200 metres for the Soviet Union. He is known for winning medals at the 1986 and 1988 European Indoor Championships. In addition, he took part in the 1987 World Indoor Championships.
Yana Kachur is a Ukrainian sprinter. She represented her country at the 2017 World Championships narrowly missing the semifinals. Additionally, she won two medals at the 2017 European U23 Championships.
Yaroslava Oleksiyivna Mahuchikh is a Ukrainian high jumper. She was the 2020 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, 2019 and 2022 World Championships silver medalist, 2023 World Championships gold medalist, and 2022 World Indoor Championships gold medalist.
Ihor Tsvietov is a Ukrainian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. He competes as T35-classified athlete in 100 and 200 metres sprinting events. He won two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: in the men's 100 metres T35 event and in the men's 200 metres T35 event. He also won the silver medal in the men's 100 metres T35 and men's 200 metres T35 events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Zoia Ovsii is a Ukrainian Paralympic athlete competing in F51-classification throwing events. She won the gold medal in the women's club throw F51 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also won the bronze medal in the women's discus throw F53 event. She also won two medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Ignatenko is a Ukrainian former Soviet sprinter who competed in the 100 metres. At the 1978 European Athletics Championships he was the bronze medallist in the 100 m and a member of the bronze medal-winning Soviet 4 × 100 metres relay team, alongside Sergey Vladimirtsev, Nikolay Kolesnikov and Aleksandr Aksinin. Ignatenko won a relay gold medal with Kolesnikov, Aksinin and Juris Silovs at the 1977 Universiade. He also represented his country in the relay at the 1979 IAAF World Cup.
Oleksiy Pozdnyakov is a male Ukrainian athlete specialising in the 200 metres and 400 metres. He won two gold medals at the 2019 European Games. He competed at the 2019 World Championships, 2018 European Championships, 2019 European Games, three European Athletics Team Championships, and 2019 Summer Universiade.
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