This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Ukraine at the Olympics.Ukraine. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011. Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
Before the 2020 Summer Olympics, it was said in Ukraine that there was "curse of flag bearers" because flag bearers had never won a medal at the Games at which they had been carrying the national flag. Olena Kostevych was the first one to debunk that myth after winning bronze in mixed 10 metre air pistol team event.The curse of flagbearers was debunked (in Ukrainian)
# Event year Season Flag bearer Sport 1 1994 Winter Figure skating 2 1996 Summer Athletics 3 1998 Winter Biathlon 4 2000 Summer Sailing 5 2002 Winter Biathlon 6 2004 Summer Swimming 7 2006 Winter Luge 8 2008 Summer Swimming (did not compete) 9 2010 Winter Luge 10 2012 Summer Judo 11 2014 Winter Cross-country skiing 12 2016 Summer Shooting 13 2018 Winter Biathlon (did not compete)142020SummerShootingFencing152022WinterFreestyle skiingFigure skating162024SummerSwimmingTennis
See also Ukraine at the Olympics
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