List of flag bearers for Ukraine at the Olympics

Ukraine at the
Olympics
IOC codeUKR
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Websitewww.noc-ukr.org (in Ukrainian and English)
Medals
Gold
41
Silver
43
Bronze
76
Total
160
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Austria (1896–1912)
 Hungary (1896–1912)
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Czechoslovakia (1920–1936)
 Poland (1924–1936)
 Romania (1924–1936)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Ukraine at the Olympics.[1][2] Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Before the 2020 Summer Olympics, it was said in Ukraine that there was "curse of flag bearers" because flag bearers had never won a medal at the Games at which they had been carrying the national flag. Olena Kostevych was the first one to debunk that myth after winning bronze in mixed 10 metre air pistol team event.[3]

# Event year Season Flag bearer Sport
1 1994 Winter Viktor Petrenko Figure skating [2]
2 1996 Summer Sergey Bubka Athletics
3 1998 Winter Andriy Deryzemlya Biathlon
4 2000 Summer Yevhen Braslavets Sailing
5 2002 Winter Olena Petrova Biathlon
6 2004 Summer Denys Sylantyev Swimming
7 2006 Winter Natalia Yakushenko Luge
8 2008 Summer Yana Klochkova Swimming (did not compete)
9 2010 Winter Liliya Ludan Luge
10 2012 Summer Roman Hontyuk Judo
11 2014 Winter Valentyna Shevchenko Cross-country skiing
12 2016 Summer Mykola Milchev Shooting
13 2018 Winter Olena Pidhrushna Biathlon (did not compete)
14 2020 Summer Olena Kostevych Shooting [4]
Bohdan Nikishyn Fencing
15 2022 Winter Oleksandr Abramenko Freestyle skiing [5]
Oleksandra Nazarova Figure skating
16 2024 Summer Mykhailo Romanchuk Swimming [6]
Elina Svitolina Tennis

See also

References

  1. ^ Ukraine. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Flagbearers for Ukraine". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  3. ^ The curse of flagbearers was debunked (in Ukrainian)
  4. ^ "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  5. ^ "The flagbearers for the Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.