Ukraine competed at the 2022 World Games2022 World Games in Birmingham, United States, from 7 July to 17 July 2022. Ukraine ranked third in the medal tally (behind Germany and the United States) as well as third by the number of medals (behind Italy and Germany). This was the best performance of Ukrainian athletes at the World Games.2022 World Games. Historical success: Ukraine has beaten its national record of gold medals at the World Games, TSN, 16 July 2022 (in Ukrainian).
Part of the ticket revenue was announced to be donated to Ukraine for rebuilding sports venues after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A sum of $54,000 was donated to Ukraine.
Medallists
Larysa Soloviova won at the age of 43 her fifth World Games medal. Before that, Soloviova won the competitions in middleweight at the 2005 Games (under her maiden surname Vitsiyevska), 2013 Games and 2017 Games as well as the competition in heavyweight at the 2009 Games. As of 2022, she is the most successful female powerlifter in the history of the World Games.
Bohdan Mochulskyi repeated his success of the 2017 Games and won gold in men's ju-jitsu. Both Igor Liubchenko and Oleh Pryimachov repeated their success of the 2017 Games when they won gold in men's muaythai. Svitlana Yaromka and Ivanna Berezovska won medals in both their weight category and open weight. Previously, Yaromka won a bronze at the 2013 Games and Berezovska won a silver at the 2017 Games.
Danylo Filchenko became the first Ukrainian athlete to win a medal in water skiing. Sofiia Hrechko became the first Ukrainian female finswimmer to win the World Games gold medal. Anzhelika Terliuga became the first Ukrainian female karateka to win the World Games gold medal. Bohdan Kolmakov won gold medal in parkour which debuted at the World Games.Kolmakov became 2022 World Games Champion. July 12, 2022 (in Ukrainian) Alina Krysko became first Ukrainian female to win a medal in wushu at the World Games. Bogdana Golub became first Ukrainian female to win a medal in ju-jitsu at the World Games.
Anastasiia Antoniak won a medal at each of three consecutive World Games. Both Stanislav Horuna and Anita Serogina won their second World Games medal after they won their first medals in 2017. Volodymyr Rysyiev won his second World Games medals after he had been second in middleweight at the 2017 Games. Tetyana Melnyk won her second World Games medals after she had been second at the 2017 Games. Both Orfan Sananzade and Vitalii Dubina won their second World Games medal after they won their first medals in 2017 when kickboxing was an invitational sport.
Main programme Medal Name Sport Event Date Sofiia Hrechko Finswimming Women's 200 m surface Anzhelika Terliuga Karate Women's kumite 55 kg Anita Serogina Karate Women's kumite 61 kg Volodymyr Rysyiev Powerlifting Men's heavyweight Vazha Daiauri Sumo Men's middleweight Svitlana Yaromka Sumo Women's heavyweight Oleksii Bychkov Powerlifting Men's super heavyweight Ivanna Berezovska Sumo Women's openweight Bohdan Kolmakov Parkour Men's speedrun Viktoriia KozlovskaTaisiia Marchenko Acrobatic gymnastics Women's pairs Bohdan PohranychnyiDanylo Stetsiuk Acrobatic gymnastics Men's pairs Bohdan Mochulskyi Ju-jitsu Men's fighting 62 kg Danylo Filchenko Water skiing Men's jump Igor Liubchenko Muaythai Men's 63.5 kg Oleh Pryimachov Muaythai Men's 91 kg Anastasiia Kulinich Muaythai Women's 48 kg Mykola Barannik Powerlifting Men's middleweight Sofiia Hrechko Finswimming Women's 400 m surface Stanislav Horuna Karate Men's kumite 75 kg Demid Karachenko Sumo Men's lightweight Karyna Kolesnik Sumo Women's middleweight Ivanna Berezovska Sumo Women's heavyweight Orfan Sananzade Kickboxing Men's 63,5 kg Vitalii Dubina Kickboxing Men's 75 kg Danylo Filchenko Water skiing Men's tricks Bogdana Golub Ju-jitsu Women's ne-waza open Oleksandr Yefimenko Water skiing Men's 71 kg Anastasiia Derevianko Powerlifting Women's lightweight Larysa Soloviova Powerlifting Women's middleweight Anastasiia Antoniak Finswimming Women's 400 m surface Danylo Kovalov Powerlifting Men's heavyweight Sviatoslav Semykras Sumo Men's lightweight Tetyana Melnyk Powerlifting Women's super heavyweight Oleksandr Veresiuk Sumo Men's openweight Svitlana Yaromka Sumo Women's openweight Viktoriia Onopriienko Rhythmic gymnastics Ribbon Roman Shcherbatiuk Kickboxing Men's +91 kg Daryna Ivanova Kickboxing Women's 52 kg Alina Martyniuk Kickboxing Women's 60 kg Yaroslav Tkach Sport climbing Men's speed Viktoriia KunitskaOleksandra MalchukDaryna Pomianovska Acrobatic gymnastics Women's groups Stanislav KukurudzYurii PushYuriy SavkaTaras Yarush Acrobatic gymnastics Men's groups Vladyslav Mykytas Water skiing Men's 57 kg
Invitational sports Medal Name Sport Event Date Alina Krysko Wushu Women's daoshu & gunshu combined Roman Reva Wushu Men's changquan
Competitors SportsMenWomenTotalAcrobatic gymnastics 7 6 13Aerobic gymnastics 3 7 10Air sports 1 0 1Canoe marathon 1 1 2Dancesport 1 1 2Finswimming 5 6 11Ju-jitsu 1 2 3Karate 2 4 6Kickboxing 3 2 5Muay Thai 4 1 5Orienteering 2 2 4Parkour 1 1 2Powerlifting 6 5 11Rhythmic gymnastics 2 2Sport climbing 2 2 4Squash 2 2 4Sumo 5 6 11Trampoline gymnastics 1 1 2Water skiing 1 2 3Wushu 1 2 3 Total 49 55 104
Acrobatic gymnastics
Ukraine competed in acrobatic gymnastics and had the largest team at the Games. Ukraine won four of five medals and became the most successful in terms of number of medals.
AthletesEventQualificationFinalBalance exerciseDynamic exerciseTotalFinal exerciseResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankBohdan PohranychnyiDanylo StetsiukMen's pairs28.330128.510256.8401 Q28.940Viktoriia KozlovskaTaisiia MarchenkoWomen's pairs28.910128.270157.1801 Q29.290Anastasiia SemenovychBohdan IvanykMixed pairs27.880427.050554.9304 Q22.2504Stanislav KukurudzYurii PushYuriy SavkaTaras YarushMen's groups27.980427.390455.3704 Q28.410Viktoriia KunitskaOleksandra MalchukDaryna PomianovskaWomen's groups28.170327.810455.9804 Q28.600
Aerobic gymnastics
Ukraine was the fifth largest team in the sport (behind Italy, Romania, Hungary and Azerbaijan) and did not compete in the dance competition. Maksym Buben was a reserve athlete.
AthletesEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankAnastasiia IsaienkoDmytro LobusovPairs18.3506colspan=2 Stanislav HalaidaAnastasiia KurashviliAnastasiia LytvynTrio18.4446colspan=2 Kateryna CherkezAnastasiia IsaienkoOleksandra MokhortIlona ShelestDaria SubotinaGroup18.3555colspan=2
Air sports
Ukraine competed in air sports.
AthletesEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Final resultAccuracyDistanceFreestyleSpeedAccuracyDistanceFreestyleSpeedAccuracyDistanceFreestyleSpeedSumFinal rankIvan SemenyakaCanopy piloting1318212321932182722312726227
Canoe marathon
Ukraine was represented in all events.
Men AthleteEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankValerii RiabovShort distance14:48.65 7 QA15:46.1515Long distancecolspan=2 1:29:27.0213
Women AthleteEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankAnastasiia MostovenkoShort distance17:48.538 colspan=2 Long distancecolspan=2 1:43:21.5216
Dancesport
Ukraine competed in dancesport.
Standard AthletesEventFirst roundSemi-finalsFinalsWaltzTangoViennese WaltzSlow FoxtrotQuickstepTotal pointsRankWaltzTangoViennese WaltzSlow FoxtrotQuickstepTotal pointsRankWaltzTangoViennese WaltzSlow FoxtrotQuickstepTotal pointsRankValeriia DorofeiDmytro YevtyeryevStandard32.5032.6732.9034.1733.25165.4815colspan=14
Finswimming
Ukraine competed in almost all events in finswimming (except for women's 50 m apnoe).
Men AthleteEventFinalTimeRankSerhii Smishchenko50 m apnoea14.998100 m surface36.755Oleksii Zakharov200 m surface1:21.966400 m surface2:58.315Viktor Riepin50 m bi-fins19.586100 m bi-fins43.126Dmytro HaponenkoOleksandr OdynokovSerhii SmishchenkoOleksii Zakharov4x50 m surface relay1:03.365Dmytro HaponenkoOleksandr OdynokovSerhii SmishchenkoOleksii Zakharov4x100 m surface relay2:24.616
Women AthleteEventFinalTimeRankViktoriia Uvarova100 m surface40.746Sofiia Hrechko200 m surface1:29.57400 m surface3:16.22Anastasiia Antoniak400 m surface3:18.84Anastasiia Makarenko200 m surface1:34.787Iryna Pikiner50 m bi-fins22.116100 m bi-fins48.235Yevheniia Tymoshenko50 m bi-fins22.507100 m bi-fins48.857Anastasiia AntoniakSofiia HrechkoAnastasiia MakarenkoViktoriia Uvarova4x50 m surface relay1:11.414Anastasiia AntoniakSofiia HrechkoAnastasiia MakarenkoViktoriia Uvarova4x100 m surface relay2:37.624
Ju-jitsu
Ukraine competed in ju-jitsu.
Men AthleteCategoryGroup stageSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal boutOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Bohdan Mochulskyi Fighting 62 kg W 14–5 W 13–4 1 Q W 14–14 W 19–7
Women AthleteCategoryGroup stageQuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal boutOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Oleksandra Rusetska Ne-waza 48 kg W 14–0 L 0–14 2 Q L 0–14 L 0–12 4 Bogdana Golub Ne-waza 63 kg L 0–0 W 14–0 2 Q L 0–0 L 2–2 4 Bogdana Golub Ne-waza open colspan=3 W 2–0 W 2–0 L 0–2 Oleksandra Rusetska colspan=3 L 0–6 colspan=3
Karate
Ukraine managed to qualify 2 male and 4 female karateka, all in kumite competitions. Ukraine's team was the third largest team (after the host United States and Egypt). Kateryna Kryva and Anita Serogina qualified as medallist of the 2021 World Championships. Stanislav Horuna and Anzhelika Terliuga qualified through the WKF rating. Halyna Melnyk qualified as a continental representative. Ryzvan Talibov qualified as replacement athlete. Ukraine finished third in the medal tally in karate behind Spain and Egypt.
Horuna competed at his second Games and won his second medal. Serogina competed at her third Games and won her second consecutive medal, while Kryva competed for the second time.
Men AthleteCategoryGroup stageSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal boutOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Stanislav Horuna 75 kg W 6–5 W 2–0 W 8–3 1 Q W 8–0 L 3–6 Ryzvan Talibov +84 kg W 4–1 L 1–2 2 Q L 2–7 L 0–2 4
Women AthleteCategoryGroup stageSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal boutOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Kateryna Kryva 50 kg L 1–2 L 1–3 L 0–1 4 colspan=2 7 Anzhelika Terliuga 55 kg D 3–3 W 3–0 W 4–1 1 Q W 8–1 W 1–0 Anita Serogina 61 kg W 7–2 L 1–2 W 3–1 2 Q W 3–2 W 3–2 Halyna Melnyk 68 kg D 3–3 L 1–5 L 1–5 4 colspan=2 7
Kickboxing
Ukraine's kickboxing team was the biggest at the Games. Ukraine was not represented only in women's 70 kg category.
Men AthleteCategoryQuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal boutOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Orfan Sananzade 63,5 kg W 3–0 W 3–0 L 0–3 Vitalii Dubina 75 kg W 3–0 W 3–0 L 0–3 Roman Shcherbatiuk +91 kg W 3–0 L 0–3 W RSC
Women AthleteCategoryQuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal boutOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Daryna Ivanova 52 kg W 3–0 L 1–2 W 3–0 Alina Martyniuk 60 kg W 2–1 L 1–2 W 2–1
Muaythai
Ukraine and Thailand qualified the largest number of boxers after the host United States that were allowed to enter a competitor in each category. Ukraine became the most successful nation in the sport at the Games.
Men AthleteCategoryQuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal boutOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Vladyslav Mykytas 57 kg W 30–28 L 28–29 W WO Igor Liubchenko 63.5 kg W 30–26 W 30–27 W DRAW Oleksandr Yefimenko 71 kg W 29–28 W 30–27 L 27–30 Oleh Pryimachov 91 kg W KO–B W RSC–In W 30–27
Women AthleteCategoryQuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal boutOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Anastasiia Kulinich 48 kg W RSC W 29–28 W 30–27
Orienteering
Ukraine competed in orienteering.
Men AthleteEventTimeRankRuslan GlibovSprint15:4121Middle distance36:024Oleksandr KratovSprint18:5236Middle distance colspan=2
Women AthleteEventTimeRankOlena BabychSprint15:548Middle distance51:1122Kateryna DzemaSprint16:4815Middle distance47:3716
Mixed