This is a list of all Olympic champions of Ukraine (since Ukraine has taken part in the Games as a separate representation).The list excludes Ukrainians who became champions at the 1992 Olympics as they represented Unified Team. As of February 24, 2014 there are 41 Olympic champions which represented Ukraine (5 at Winter Games and 36 at Summer). Athletes are sorted by number of gold medals and then by surname.
The first Olympic champion of separate Ukrainian representationThe first Olympic champion of independent Ukraine was figure skater Viktor Petrenko who won gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics representing Unified Team. See here for details. was figure skater Oksana Baiul at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer; the first12 Ukrainians won gold medals at the 1992 Olympics representing Unified Team. See here for details. of a Summer Olympic Games was wrestler Vyacheslav Oleynyk at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. The first Ukraine-born gold medal winner was Bobbie Rosenfeld (a Canadian athlete) at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.Ukraine , Official website of the 2012 Summer Olympics Data as of end of 2016 Olympics.
Summer Olympic Games Gold +Athlete PhotoSportNumber of gold medalsYearsNote Yana Klochkova(Яна Клочкова) Swimming 4 2000 (2), 2004 (2) Vasyl Lomachenko(Василь Ломаченко) Boxing 2 2008, 2012 Lilia Podkopayeva(Лілія Подкопаєва) Artistic gymnastics 2 1996 Artur Ayvazyan(Артур Айвазян) Shooting 1 2008 Yevhen Braslavets(Євген Браславець) Sailing 1 1996 Team effort with Ihor Matviyenko Yuri Cheban(Юрій Чебан) Canoe racing 2 2012, 2016 Yana Dementyeva(Яна Дементьєва) Rowing 1 2012 Team effort Natalya Dobrynska(Наталя Добринська) Athletics 1 2008 Nataliya Dovgodko(Наталія Довгодько) Rowing 1 2012 Team effort Valeriy Honcharov(Валерій Гончаров) Artistic gymnastics 1 2004 Olga Kharlan(Ольга Харлан) Fencing 1 2008 Team effort Olena Khomrova(Олена Хомрова) Fencing 1 2008 Team effort Wladimir Klitschko(Володимир Кличко) Boxing 1 1996 Olena Kostevych(Олена Костевич) Shooting 1 2004 Anastasiya Kozhenkova(Анастасія Коженкова) Rowing 1 2012 Team effort Inesa Kravets(Інеса Кравець) Athletics 1 1996 Ihor Matviyenko(Ігор Матвієнко) Sailing 1 1996 Team effort with Yevhen Braslavets Iryna Merleni(Ірина Мерлені) Wrestling 1 2004 Mykola Milchev(Микола Мільчев) Shooting 1 2000 Yuriy Nikitin(Юрій Нікітін) Trampoline 1 2004 Vyacheslav Oleynyk(В'ячеслав Олійник) Wrestling 1 1996 Inna Osypenko-Radomska(Інна Осипенко-Радомська) Canoe racing 1 2008 Oleksandr Petriv(Олександр Петрів) Shooting 1 2008 Halyna Pundyk(Галина Пундик) Fencing 1 2008 Team effort Viktor Ruban(Віктор Рубан) Archery 1 2008 Ekaterina Serebryanskaya(Катерина Серебрянська) Rhythmic gymnastics 1 1996 Rustam Sharipov(Рустам Шаріпов) Artistic gymnastics 1 1996 Also an Olympic champion in 1992as member of the Unified Team Yana Shemyakina(Яна Шемякіна) Fencing 1 2012 Nataliya Skakun(Наталія Скакун) Weightlifting 1 2004 Kateryna Tarasenko(Катерина Тарасенко) Rowing 1 2012 Team effort Timur Taymazov(Тимур Таймазов) Weightlifting 1 1996 Elbrus Tedeyev(Ельбрус Тедеєв) Wrestling 1 2004 Oleksiy Torokhtiy(Олексій Торохтій) Weightlifting 1 2012 Oleksandr Usyk(Олександр Усик) Boxing 1 2012 Olha Zhovnir(Ольга Жовнір) Fencing 1 2008 Team effort Zhan Beleniuk(Жан Беленюк) Greco-Roman wrestling 1 2020
Silver +Athlete PhotoSportNumber of silver medalsYearsNote Yana Klochkova(Яна Клочкова) Swimming 1 2000 Olga Kharlan(Ольга Харлан) Fencing 1 2016 Team effort Lilia Podkopayeva(Лілія Подкопаєва) Artistic gymnastics 1 1996 Inna Osypenko-Radomska(Інна Осипенко-Радомська) Canoe racing 2 2012 (2) Zhan Beleniuk(Жан Беленюк) Greco-Roman wrestling 1 2016 Valeriy Honcharov(Валерій Гончаров) Artistic gymnastics 1 2000
Winter Olympic Games +Athlete Photo SportNumber of goldmedalsYearsNote Oksana Baiul(Оксана Баюл) Figure skating 1 1994 The first Olympic champion of independent Ukraine Juliya Dzhyma(Юлія Джима) Biathlon 1 2014 Team effort. Olena Pidhrushna(Олена Підгрушна) Biathlon 1 2014 Team effort. Valentyna Semerenko(Валентина Семеренко) Biathlon 1 2014 Team effort. Vita Semerenko(Віта Семеренко) Biathlon 1 2014 Team effort.+
References
External links IOC - Olympic Medal Winners