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Ukraine at the World Games

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Ukraine at the
World Games
IOC codeUKR
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
58
Silver
59
Bronze
54
Total
171
World Games appearances (overview)

Ukraine first participated at the World Games at the 1993 World Games and since then participated in all World Games.

Several Olympic medallists competed for Ukraine at the World Games. These athletes include Oxana Tsyhuleva (trampoline gymnastics), Anna Bessonova and Hanna Rizatdinova (both – rhythmic gymnastics), Stanislav Horuna (karate), while others were medallists of the World Games and participated at the Summer Olympics (Olena Movchan, Maryna Kyiko (both – trampoline gymnastics), Natalia Hodunko, Alina Maksymenko, Viktoriia Onopriienko (all – rhythmic gymnastics), Anita Serogina (karate)). Both Maryna Pryshchepa and Svitlana Iaromka won medals in sumo at the World Games and competed in judo at the Olympics. Olena Buryak competed in rowing at the Olympics and won medals in indoor rowing at the World Games.

At the 1989 World Games, when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian finswimmer Oleh Ananiev won a gold and a silver in individual competitions as well as two gold medals in relays.

Medal count

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Medals by sport

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SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Powerlifting12121034
Sumo99624
Trampoline gymnastics83213
Acrobatic gymnastics79824
Muaythai6107
Finswimming361221
Karate3205
Indoor rowing3104
Ju-jitsu3104
Rhythmic gymnastics27615
Kickboxing2338
Bodybuilding2114
Water skiing1214
Bowling1012
Beach handball1001
Parkour1001
Sport climbing0224
Wushu0123
Canoe marathon0101
Weightlifting0101
Orienteering0011
Totals (21 entries)646255181

Most successful Ukrainian competitors

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52 Ukrainian athletes won at least two medals at World Games. Among athletes who won more at least 4 medals are also Anna Bessonova (rhythmic gymnastics, 6 medals), Dmytro Sydorenko and Anastasiia Antoniak (both – finswimming, 4 medals). Only the athletes who represented independent Ukraine are included in the statistics.

No Athlete Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 Larysa Soloviova  Powerlifting 4 0 1 5
2 Olena Movchan  Trampoline gymnastics 3 1 0 4
3 Ihor Soroka  Finswimming 2 1 1 4
4 Olena Buryak  Indoor rowing 2 0 0 2
Bohdan Mochulskyi  Ju-jitsu 2 0 0 2
Igor Liubchenko  Muaythai 2 0 0 2
Oleh Pryimachov  Muaythai 2 0 0 2
Alina Boykova  Sumo 2 0 0 2
Olena Chabanenko  Trampoline gymnastics 2 0 0 2
Oxana Tsyhuleva  Trampoline gymnastics 2 0 0 2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Including invitational sports.
  2. ^ Колумбія зустрічатиме полтавських атлетів у складі збірної України, Полтавщина Спорт, 18 July 2023.
  3. ^ Including invitational sports.
  4. ^ Including two medals in invitational sports at the 2022 World Games.
  5. ^ Medal history of The World Games (remark: it still includes two gold medals from the 2009 World Games Ukraine was later stripped of).
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