Ukraine at the 2001 Goodwill Games

Ukraine at the 2001 Goodwill Games
IOC code	UKR
in Brisbane 29 August - 9 September 2001
Competitors	30 in 9 sports
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 4 Silver 9 Bronze 8 Total 21
Summer appearances
1994 1998 2001

Ukraine competed at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, from 29 August to 9 September 2001. ^[1] Ukraine won 4 gold, 9 silver and 8 bronze medals, being among the top-8 in the medal table. ^[2] 30 Ukrainian athletes took part in 9 sports. ^[3]

At the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, Alina Kabaeva won the gold medal for the ball, clubs, and rope competitions, and the silver one in the individual all-Around, and hoop. However, Kabaeva and her teammate, Irina Tchachina, tested positive to a banned diuretic (furosemide), and were stripped of their medals, so Anna Bessonova won a gold medal in clubs competition and four silver medals in the individual all-around, hope, rope and ball competitions. ^[4]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Tetyana Tereshchuk	Athletics	400 metres hurdles
Gold	Anna Bessonova	Rhythmic gymnastics	Clubs
Gold	Yana Klochkova	Swimming	800 metres freestyle
Gold	Yana Klochkova	Swimming	400 metres medley
Silver	Zhanna Pintusevich-Block	Athletics	100 metres
Silver	Serhiy Danylchenko	Boxing	Bantamweight
Silver	Anna Bessonova	Rhythmic gymnastics	Individual all-around
Silver	Anna Bessonova	Rhythmic gymnastics	Rope
Silver	Anna Bessonova	Rhythmic gymnastics	Hoop
Silver	Anna Bessonova	Rhythmic gymnastics	Ball
Silver	Olexander Chernonos	Trampoline gymnastics	Men's individual
Silver	Yana Klochkova	Swimming	400 metres freestyle
Silver	Yana Klochkova	Swimming	200 metres medley
Bronze	Vita Palamar	Athletics	High jump
Bronze	Olena Hovorova	Athletics	Triple jump
Bronze	Gennadiy Ozarinski	Boxing	Flyweight
Bronze	Volodymyr Kolesnyk	Boxing	Lightweight
Bronze	Yuriy Solotov	Boxing	Light welterweight
Bronze	Alona Kvasha	Artistic gymnastics	Vault
Bronze	Oxana Tsyhuleva	Trampoline gymnastics	Women's individual
Bronze	Olena Zhupina Hanna Sorokina	Diving	3 metres synchro

References

1. 2001 Goodwill Games - Quick Facts. Goodwill Games. Retrieved on 2024-08-04.
2. "Medals by country". Goodwill Games website. AOL Time Warner. Archived from the original on 11 February 2002.
3. "Ccompetitors". Goodwill Games website. AOL Time Warner. Archived from the original on 3 February 2002.
4. "Rhythmic Gymnastics – Alina Kabaeva". Rhythmic-Gymnastics.info. Rhythmic Gymnastics, Spain. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2024.