- Ukraine at the Olympics
Ukraine first participated at theOlympic Games as an independent nation in 1994, and has sent athletes to compete in everySummer Olympic Games andWinter Olympic Games since then.Previously, Ukranian athletes competed as part of the
Soviet Union at the Olympics from 1952 to 1988, and after thedissolution of the Soviet Union , Ukraine was part of theUnified Team in 1992.Ukraine has won a total of 69 medals at the Summer Games and five at the Winter Games, with
gymnastics as the nation's top medal-producing sport.The
National Olympic Committee of Ukraine was created in 1990 and recognized by theInternational Olympic Committee in 1993.Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
Medals by winter sport
Flag Bearers
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1994 Winter Olympics -Viktor Petrenko
*1996 Summer Olympics -Sergey Bubka
*1998 Winter Olympics -Andriy Deryzemlya
*2000 Summer Olympics -Yevhen Braslavets
*2002 Winter Olympics -Olena Petrova
*2004 Summer Olympics -Denys Sylantyev
*2006 Winter Olympics -Natalia Yakushenko
*2008 Summer Olympics -Yana Klochkova ee also
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*List of Olympic champions of Ukraine References
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