Team Ukraine - Profile

Highlights:

@ PYEONGCHANG 2018
Ukraine competed with a team of 32 athletes (17 men, 15 women) in nine sports: Alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, luge, Nordic combined, skeleton and snowboarding.

It won one medal, a gold by freestyle skier Oleksandr Abramenko in men's aerials.

PYEONGCHANG 2018 MEDALS
Freestyle Skiing: 1 (1-0-0)
Total: 1 (1-0-0)

PYEONGCHANG 2018 FLAGBEARERS
Opening Ceremony: Olena Pidhrushna (BTH)
Closing Ceremony: Oleksandr Abramenko (FRS)

OLYMPIC GAMES HISTORY
Ukraine made its Olympic debut at the Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Winter Games winning two medals, highlighted by the gold medal-winning performance of Oksana Baiul in women's figure skating. Biathlete Valentyna Tserbe claimed bronze in the women's sprint.

It has won 147 Olympic medals, with 38 gold. Of these, eight came at the Olympic Winter Games (three gold), with the bulk of them coming in biathlon with five medals. Only Vita Semerenko has won two medals, a gold and silver at Sochi 2014.

Ukraine has never hosted an Olympic Games, but in 1980 several preliminary football matches were held in the Respublikansky stadion in Kyiv.

MILESTONES

First Competitor, Female: Iryna Taranenko-Terelia (13 February 1994) - 1994 - Cross-Country Skiing (15km Freestyle) - 27th
First Competitor, Female: Olena Belusovska (13 February 1994) - 1994 - Figure Skating (Pairs) - 16th

First Competitor, Male: Yuriy Shulha (13 February 1994) - 1994 - Speed Skating (5000m) - 21st
First Competitor, Male: Ihor Maliar (13 February 1994) - 1994 - Figure Skating (Pairs) - 16th

Youngest Competitor, Female: Olena Belusovska (13y-098d) - 1994 - Figure Skating (Pairs) - 16th
Youngest Competitor, Male: Yuriy Stetsko (16y-196d) - 1998 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - 19th

Oldest Competitor, Female: Liliya Ludan (40y-257d) - 2010 - Luge (Singles) - 19th
Oldest Competitor, Male: Valeriy Shyriaiev (38y-167d) - 2002 - Ice Hockey - 10th

First Medallist, Female: Valentyna Tserbe-Nessina (23 February 1994) - 1994 - Biathlon (7.5km Sprint) - Bronze
First Medallist, Male: Ruslan Honcharov (20 February 2006) - 2006 - Figure Skating (Ice Dance) - Bronze

First Gold Medallist, Female: Oksana Baiul (25 February 1994) - 1994 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Gold
First Gold Medallist, Male: Oleksandr Abramenko (18 February 2018) - 2018 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - Gold

Youngest Medallist, Female: Oksana Baiul (16y-101d) - 1994 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Gold
Youngest Medallist, Male: Oleksandr Abramenko (29y-289d) - 2018 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - Gold

Youngest Gold Medallist, Female: Oksana Baiul (16y-101d) - 1994 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Gold
Youngest Gold Medallist, Male: Oleksandr Abramenko (29y-289d) - 2018 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - Gold

Oldest Medallist, Female: Olena Hrushyna (31y-042d) - 2006 - Figure Skating (Ice Dance) - Bronze
Oldest Medallist, Male: Ruslan Honcharov (33y-030d) - 2006 - Figure Skating (Ice Dance) - Bronze

Oldest Gold Medallist, Female: Valj Semerenko (28y-033d) - 2014 - Biathlon (4x6km Relay) - Gold
Oldest Gold Medallist, Female: Vita Semerenko (28y-033d) - 2014 - Biathlon (4x6km Relay) - Gold
Oldest Gold Medallist, Male: Oleksandr Abramenko (29y-289d) - 2018 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - Gold

Most Medals, Female: Vita Semerenko (2 | 1-0-1) - Biathlon
Most Medals, Male: Oleksandr Abramenko (1 | 1-0-0) - Freestyle Skiing
Most Medals, Male: Ruslan Honcharov (1 | 0-0-1) - Figure Skating

Most Gold Medals, Female: Vita Semerenko (1) - Biathlon
Most Gold Medals, Female: Oksana Baiul (1) - Figure Skating
Most Gold Medals, Female: Yuliya Dzhima (1) - Biathlon
Most Gold Medals, Female: Olena Pidhrushna (1) - Biathlon
Most Gold Medals, Female: Valj Semerenko (1) - Biathlon

Most Gold Medals, Male: Oleksandr Abramenko (1) - Freestyle Skiing

Additional Information:

http://www.noc-ukr.org/

Anthem Title: Sche ne vmerla Ukrainy (Ukraine's Glory Hasn't Perished)

Anthem Composer: Music: Mykhailo Verbytskyi, Lyrics: Pavlo Chubynskyi

Anthem Inducted: 1992

Founding Date: 1990

IOC Recognition Date: 1993

Delegation President: Sergey Bubka

Delegation Secretary General: Natalia Kovalenko

IOC Members: Valeriy Borzov (entry into IOC: 1994)Sergey Bubka (entry into IOC: 2008)

First OG/PG Appearance: 1994

Number OG/PG Appearances: 7

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