- Yana Klochkova
Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova (born August 7, 1982 in Simferopol) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold. Her gold medals came in the 200 meter individual medley and the 400 meter individual medley at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics; her silver medal came in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She has also won ten titles at swimming's world championships, nineteen european championship titles, …
- Wladimir Klitschko
Dr. Wladimir Wladimirowitsch Klitschko ("Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko"); born March 25 1976 in Solnechnoe, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan) is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer, former WBO and the current IBF and IBO World Heavyweight Champion. Though a major celebrity in his former adopted home of Germany, in 2004 he moved with his older brother, former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, to Beverly Hills.
- Anna Bessonova
Anna Bessonova "Ukrainian: "Ганна Володїмїріівна Безсонова "Ganna Volodymyriivna Bezsonova" / "Russian: "Анна Владимировна Бессонова" Anna Vladimirovna Biessonova" is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast born July 29, 1984 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Her father is the famous "Dynamo Kiev" football player Vladimir Bessonov and her mother, Viktoria, was a two time world champion group rhythmic gymnast.
- Iryna Krasnianska
Iryna Krasnianska, born in November 19, 1987 in Vologda, USSR is a World Champion Ukrainian gymnast from Cherkasy, Ukraine. She started Gymnastics in 1992. Iryna is the daughter of Nina, an engineer and Vasili, a doctor. Krasnianska was a member of the 2004 Ukrainian Olympic team which finished fourth in the team competition. She also competed at the 2003 World Championships in Anaheim, California.
- Ruslan Fedotenko
Ruslan Fedotenko ; born January 18, 1979 in Kiev, USSR, now Ukraine) is a professional ice hockey player for the New York Islanders.
- Inha Babakova
Inha Babakova née Butkus (born June 26, 1967 in Aşgabat, Turkmen SSR). is a former high jumper who represented the USSR and later Ukraine. Her personal best is 2.05 metres.
- Oksana Baiul
Oksana Baiul (born November 16, 1977) is a professional figure skater and Olympic gold medalist.
- Elena Grushina
Elena Grushina (born January 8, 1975 in Odessa, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian figure skater. She competed in ice dance with Ruslan Goncharov. They began skating together in 1990. The pair captured a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and retired from competition soon after. She and Goncharov have been married since 1995. They live in Connecticut, USA, and train at the International Skating Center of Connecticut in Simsbury under the coaching of Nikolai Morozov.
- Ruslan Goncharov
Ruslan Goncharov (born January 20, 1973 in Odessa, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian figure skater. He currently competes in ice dance with Elena Grushina. They began skating together in 1990. The pair has captured a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He and Grushina have been married since 1995.
- Wladimir Sidorenko
Wladimir Sidorenko (born Wolodymyr Sydorenko on September 23, 1976 in Energodar, Ukraine) is a professional boxer in the bantamweight (118 lb) division. His record is 19-0-1 (6 KOs). He is the current WBA world bantamweight champion. Sidorenko won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics as a flyweight, and a silver medal at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the same division. He won the title at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships.
- Alina Kozich
Alina Kozich (born December 16, 1987 in Ukraine) is a Ukrainian gymnast. She is from Kiev and was a member of the 2004 Ukrainian Olympic team in Athens, Greece. She started Gymnastics at the age of 5 and her younger sister Olha is also a very talented gymnast. Alina first came to prominence at the tender age of 13 when she competed at the 2001 European Youth Olympics in Murcia, …
- Oleg Lisogor
Oleg Lisogor (born 17 January 1979 in Brovary, Kyiv oblast) is a Ukrainian swimmer who is the current world record holder on 50 metres breaststroke, short course, with 26.17 seconds. The record was made in Berlin on 21 January 2006, when Lisogor beat his own 50 m breaststroke record from January 2002 of 26.20 seconds. Lisogor also holds the long course record, with 27.18 from August 2002, and became World Champion on that distance in 2001.
- Vita Pavlysh
Vita Pavlysh is a former athlete who specialised in the shot put. Pavlysh was stripped of her 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships gold medal after she had tested positive for anabolic steroid Stanozolol at the event in Maebashi, Japan. She claimed that she may have taken the drug to aid her recovery from injury. For this offence she received a two year ban. 5 years on at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Budapest, …
- Svetlana Bondarenko
Svetlana Bondarenko (born August 12, 1971 in Zaporizhzhia) is a former breaststroke swimmer from Ukraine, who won two silver medals at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the 1990s Bondarenko also won three silver medals at the European Championships. She won the gold medal in the 100m Breaststroke at the European LC Championships 2004 in Madrid, Spain, just a couple of months before the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
- Ekaterina Serebrianskaya
Ekaterina Serebrianskaya is a former Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She started gymnastics in 1982 at age 4, her mother Liubov was her coach, at the "Gratsia" club in Simferopol. After that she went to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, to train at the Deriugins School. Ekaterina retired from Rhythmic Gymnastics in 1998. She is 178cm / 5.8ft in height. Ekaterina tied Bulgaria's Maria Petrova for the all-around title at the 1995 world championships in Vienna, Austria.
- Andriy Serdinov
Andriy Serdinov, born November 17, 1982 in Luhansk, is a Ukrainian swimmer, who competed in the 2004 Olympics in various categories, and won the bronze medal in the 100m butterfly. Serdinov was also the world record holder in this event, which stood for approximately five minutes. He broke Michael Klim's mark during the semifinals of the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, in 2003, only to have Michael Phelps break it in the next semifinal.
- Olena Krasovska
Olena Krasovska, née Ovcharova is a Ukrainian hurdler best known for winning a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with a personal best time of 12.45 seconds. She also won the silver medal at the 2002 European Championships as well as three national championships.
- Roman Gontyuk
Roman Gontyuk (born 2 February 1984) is a Ukrainian judoka. He won a silver medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
- Vladislav Tretiak
Vladislav Tretiak (born February 21, 1980 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian fencer who competed in the Sabre Individual at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He finished 3rd in Team Sabre at the 2003 World Championships. During the 2006 World Fencing Championships he won a silver medal in the sabre team event together with Dmytro Boiko, Vladimir Lukashenko and Oleg Shturbabin.
- Inessa Kravets
The Ukrainian triple jumper Inessa Kravets, née Shulyak jumped the world record at the 1995 World Championships after studying a picture of Jonathan Edwards. She has also competed at a high level in the Long jump.
- Olena Petrova
Olena Petrova (formerly Elena Petrova) (born September 24, 1972 in Moscow). Is a Ukrainian biathlete
- Oleg Kiryukhin
Oleg Kiryukin (born January 1, 1975 in Mariupol) is a Ukrainian boxer, who won the Light Flyweight Bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Kiryukin began his professional career in 2000 and had limited success, retiring in 2001 with a record of 5-1-0.
- Igor Yaroshenko
Igor Yaroshenko is a Ukrainian ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union before its fall and Ukraine after it. He competed with Irina Romanova. They are the 1996 European bronze medalists. They placed seventh at the 1994 Winter Olympics and ninth at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Their highest placement at the World Figure Skating Championships was 4th, in 1994. Yaroshenko and Romanova were married in 1991.
- Irina Romanova
Irina Romanova is a Ukrainian ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union before its fall and Ukraine after it. She competed with Igor Yaroshenko. They are the 1996 European bronze medalists. They placed seventh at the 1994 Winter Olympics and ninth at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Their highest placement at the World Figure Skating Championships was 4th, in 1994. Romanova and Yaroshenko were married in 1991.
- Nataliya Dobrynska
Nataliya Dobrynska (born May 29 1982) is an Ukrainian heptathlete. She finished 6th in the heptathlon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. She also competed in the 2004 Olympics, finishing 8th. She won the silver medal in the pentathlon at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and the bronze medal at the 2005 European Indoor Championships. At the 2007 European Indoor Championships she finished fifth.
- Valentina Fedjuschina
Valentina Fedjuschina (born 10 February 1965 in Feodosiya, Ukrainian SSR) is an Austrian shot putter. She originally competed for Ukraine, but became an Austrian citizen in 1999. She is married to discus thrower Vladimir Zinchenko. Her personal best put is 21.08 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Leselidze. As an Austrian citizen she has set a national record for that country with 19.21 metres in July 1999 in Casablanca.
- Oleg Voiko
Oleg Voiko (born March 25 1980 in Kharkov, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian ice dancer. He competes with Julia Golovina. They are the 2003 Ukrainian national champions. They competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics, placing 21st and 23rd, respectively. Their highest placement at an ISU Championship was 15th at the 2003 and 2004 European Figure Skating Championships. Before teaming up with Golovina, Voiko competed with Kristina Kobaladze.
- Olena Hovorova
Olena Hovorova (born September 18, 1973 in Izmail) is a Ukrainian athlete competing in long jump and triple jump. She won the triple jump bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with a personal best of 14.96.
- Nataliya Skakun
Nataliya Skakun (born August 3, 1981) is a Ukrainian weightlifter who competed in the Women's 63 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal, lifting 242.5 kg in total. During clean & jerk she lifted 135.0 kg which was a new Olympic record. She also holds the world record, 138.0 kg, set when she became world champion in 2003.
- Irini Merleni
Irini Merleni (born February 8, 1982 in Minitskoye) is a Ukrainian wrestler, who competed in the 48kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and received the gold medal. She is a three-time world champion, and won the European championship once.
- Julia Golovina
Julia Golovina (born September 30, 1982 in Kharkov, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian ice dancer. She competes with Oleg Voiko. They are the 2003 Ukrainian national champions. They competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics, placing 21st and 23rd, respectively. Their highest placement at an ISU Championship was 15th at the 2003 and 2004 European Figure Skating Championships. Before teaming up with Voiko, Golovina competed for Russia with Denis Egorov.
- Roman Virastyuk
Roman Virastyuk (Ukrainian: "Роман Вірастюк", Russian: "Роману Вирастюку", born 20 April 1968 in Ivano-Frankivsk) is a Ukrainian shot putter, best known for his bronze medal at the 1994 European Championships and the sixth place at the 1996 Olympic Games. His personal best was 21.34 metres, achieved in May 2000 in Ivano-Frankivsk.
- Vladyslav Piskunov
Vladyslav Piskunov (born 7 June 1978) is a former Ukrainian hammer thrower. Piskunov originally won a gold medal at the 1994 World Junior Championships, but failed a drugs test and became disqualified. At the 2005 World Championships he failed another test and received a life ban. His personal best throw was 82.23 metres, achieved in April 2002 in Koncha Zaspa.
- Tetyana Kryvobok
Tetyana Kryvobok (born 17 January 1972) is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres. She finished fifteenth at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and ninth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow. Her personal best time over 3000 m is 8:58.87 min, achieved in May 2005 in Yalta.
- Ivan Heshko
Ivan Heshko is a Ukrainian athlete specializing in the 1500 meters. He was born on August 19, 1979 in Chernivtsi Oblast, Northern Bukovina. Heshko started to train at the age of 14. He achieved his studies at the Teacher's Training College: Kamenets-Podolskiy. A member of an Italian athletic club, he has been trained by Georgiy Mironiouk since 1992, and has five times been the champion of his country, …
- Aliona Savchenko
Aliona Savchenko (originally Ukrainian "Олена Савченко/Olena Savtchenko"; German spelling: "Aljona Savchenko"; born 19 January 1984 in Kiev, Ukraine) is an internationally ranked Ukrainian pair figure skater who now skates for Germany and has obtained German citizenship. She currently represents the Chemnitzer EC. Savchenko's partner since 2003 has been Robin Szolkowy. The team has won the German National pair title four consecutive times.
- Volodymyr Kravchenko
Volodymyr Kravchenko (born 22 December 1969) is a Ukrainian triple jumper, best known for placing tenth at the at the 1996 Summer Olympics. His personal best was 16.80 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Kyiv.
- Lyudmila Blonska
Lyudmila Blonska, née Shevchuk is an Ukrainian heptathlete. She finished thirteenth at the 2002 Athletics Championships, won the gold medal at the 2005 Universiade and finished fifth at the 2006 European Championships. She also competed at the 2000 Olympics. In the pentathlon she won the gold medal at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. Her personal best heptathlon score is 6626 points, achieved in May 2007 in Götzis.
- Alexei Ponikarovsky
Alexei Ponikarovsky (born April 9, 1980 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, SU, now Ukraine) is a professional ice hockey player in the NHL. Since 1998 he has played left wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs and their former AHL affiliate, the St. John's Maple Leafs. On June 7th, 2007 Ponikarovsky became a Canadian Citizen during a ceremony in Etobicoke, Ontario.
- Denys Sylantyev
Denys Sylant'yev (born October 3, 1976 in Zaporizhzhia) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney in the 200 m butterfly. He won the Mare Nostrum three times: 2000, 2001 and 2002.