Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko is a Ukrainian politician, who served as Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2005, and again from 2007 until 2010; the first and only woman in Ukraine to hold that position. She has been a member of the Verkhovna Rada as People's Deputy of Ukraine several times between 1997 and 2007, and presently as of 2014, and was First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for the fuel and energy complex from 1999 to 2001. She is a Candidate of Economic Sciences.
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed, for the last time before its dissolution, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 481 competitors, 319 men and 162 women, took part in 221 events in 27 sports. Athletes from 12 of the ex-Soviet republics would compete as the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and each nation would field independent teams in subsequent Games.
The Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, was a joint team consisting of twelve of the fifteen former Soviet republics that chose to compete together; the states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania competed separately. The team has been informally called the Commonwealth of Independent States team, though Georgia was not yet a member of the CIS when it competed as part of the Unified Team. Selected athletes from the Baltic states also competed on the Unified Team. It competed under the IOC country code EUN. A total of 475 competitors, 310 men and 165 women, took part in 234 events in 27 sports.
Yulia Raskina is a Belarusian former rhythmic gymnast and trainer. She is the 2000 Olympics silver medalist, the 1999 World All-around silver medalist, the two time (2000,1999) European All-around silver medalist and 1999 Grand Prix Final All-around champion.
Kateryna Serebrianska[a] is a Ukrainian former individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 1996 Olympics gold medalist, the 1995 World All-around champion, the 1996 European All-around champion, and three time Grand Prix Final All-around champion.
Ukraine was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Razom nas bahato" (Разом нас багато), written by Roman Kalyn, Roman Kostyuk, and Mikola Kulinich, and performed by the duo GreenJolly. The Ukrainian participating broadcaster, the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU), organised a national final in order to select its entry for the contest. In addition, NTU was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv, after winning the previous edition with the song "Wild Dances" performed by Ruslana.
Nataliya Dobrynska is a retired Ukrainian athlete who competed in the combined events. She is the 2008 Beijing Olympic champion and also holds the heptathlon best in the shot put. Dobrynska was the world indoor record holder for the pentathlon with a score of 5013 points until March 2023.
Tatyana Sergeyevna Chernova is a Russian former heptathlete.
The women's heptathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 15 and 16 at the Beijing National Stadium.
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the seventh edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was scheduled for 21 November 2009. 13 countries were confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to compete in the contest.
Ukraine was the host of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009, held at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv. NTU has held a national final to select the fourth Ukrainian entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
The Women's heptathlon competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–4 August.
Anastasia Chernova is a Ukrainian teacher, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Ukraine Universe 2012 in October 2012 and represented Ukraine in the 2012 Miss Universe pageant. 2004 Miss Ukraine Universe winner Oleksandra Nikolayenko helped her prepare for the Miss Universe pageant. Ukrainian designer Anastasiya Sukhanov created the traditional Cossack-inspired dress that Chernova wore at the competition.
Inha Andriïvna Kozhokhina is a Ukrainian group rhythmic gymnast representing her nation at international competitions.
Oksana Paslas was a Ukrainian group rhythmic gymnast representing her nation at international competitions.
Events in the year 2009 in Ukraine.
The Ukraine women's national futsal team represents Ukraine in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Ukrainian Association of Football.
Olena Dzyubchuk is a Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast.
Maria Bila is a Ukrainian retired rhythmic gymnast.
Yelyzaveta Karabash is a Ukrainian retired rhythmic gymnast.
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