Which sports stars are heading to Paris: Ukraine's 2024 Olympic team

Content:

• Ukrainian team at the Olympics: the main points
• Full list of athletes and sports disciplines
• Olympic stars from Ukraine: who is going to Paris for new medals

Ukrainian team at the Olympics: the main points

The National Olympic Committee (NOC) has approved the official delegation of Ukraine for the 2024 Olympics, which will take place from July 26 to August 11. A total of 297 individuals will travel to Paris.

This group includes not only athletes but also coaches and support staff, including:

• 140 athletes;
• 12 sparring partners and alternate athletes;
• 95 coaches;
• 24 doctors, masseurs, and other specialists;
• 4 drivers;
• 16 members of the national team's headquarters;
• 6 specialists in administrative, technical, and equipment support.

NOC President Vadym Gutzeit stated that the number of athletes at the 33rd Olympic Games (OG) will be the smallest in Ukraine's history of participation in the Games. The previous lowest number was 155 athletes at the last Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

At the same time, Gutzeit emphasized that Ukrainian athletes will be represented in most of the Olympic program disciplines. Ukraine has secured 123 licenses in 26 out of 32 sports.

The national football team will participate in the OG for the first time since Ukraine's independence. Additionally, Ukrainians will compete in the debut sport of the 2024 Games – breakdancing.

Full list of athletes and sports disciplines

The NOC has formed the national team based on submissions from national federations of Olympic sports and in accordance with qualification requirements.

The largest number of Ukrainian athletes will compete in athletics (25), football (18), as well as diving, rowing, and wrestling (9 each).

Badminton: Polina Bugrova

Boxing: Aider Abduraimov, Dmytro Lovchynsky, Oleksandr Khizhniak

Wrestling: Alina Hrushyna, Yuriy Idzinsky, Iryna Koliadenko, Oksana Livach, Vasyl Mykhailov, Murazi Mchedlidze, Tetiana Sova (freestyle wrestling), Zhan Beleniuk, Parviz Nasibov (Greco-Roman wrestling)

Breaking (breakdancing): Kateryna Pavlenko, Anna Ponomarenko, Oleh Kuznetsov

Weightlifting: Kamila Konotop

Cycling: Yana Belomoina, Yulia Biryukova, Oleksandr Hudima, Anatoliy Budyak

Canoe slalom: Viktoriia Us

Rowing: Daryna Verkhohliad, Yevhenia Dovhodko, Kateryna Dudchenko, Stanislav Kovalov, Anastasia Kozhenkova, Ihor Khmara

Canoe sprint: Pavlo Altukhov, Dmytro Danylenko, Oleh Kukharyk, Liudmyla Luzan, Maria Povkh, Anastasiia Rybachok, Ivan Semykin, Ihor Trunov

Artistic gymnastics: Oleh Verniaiev, Illia Kovtun, Anna Lashchevska, Ihor Radivilov, Radomyr Stelmakh, Nazar Chepurnyi

Rhythmic gymnastics: Diana Baieva, Mariya Vysochanska, Alina Melnyk, Taisiia Onofriichuk, Valeriia Peremeta, Kyra Shyrikina

Judo: Daria Bilodid, Khrystyna Homan, Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko, Dilshot Khalmatov, Bohdan Yadov

Athletics: Ivan Banzeruk, Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk, Vitaliy Butrym, Iryna Herashchenko, Ihor Hlavan, Danylo Danylenko, Oleh Doroshchuk, Iryna Klymets, Roman Kokoshko, Olha Korsun, Mykhailo Kokhan, Vladyslav Lavskyi, Yuliia Levchenko, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Tetiana Melnyk, Liudmyla Olyanovska, Oleksandr Pohorilko, Andrii Protsenko, Anna Ryzhykova, Mariia Sakharuk, Olena Sobchuk, Viktoriya Tkachuk, Artur Felfner, Hanna Shevchuk, Maryana Shostak

Swimming: Vladyslav Bukhov, Oleksandr Zheltyakov, Danylo Kysil, Mykhailo Romanchuk, Nika Sharafutdinova

Synchronized swimming: Vladyslava Aleksiyiva, Maryna Aleksiyiva

Climbing: Yaroslav Tkach, Yevheniia Kazbekova

Diving: Kseniia Bailo, Kyrylo Bolukh, Mark Hrytsenko, Viktoriya Kesar, Oleh Kolodii, Danylo Konovalov, Sofiya Lyskun, Anna Pysmenska, Oleksiy Sereda

Archery: Veronika Marchenko, Mykhailo Usach

Shooting: Viktor Bankiv, Maksym Horodynets, Pavlo Korostylov, Olena Kostevych, Serhiy Kulish

Trap shooting: Iryna Malovychko

Modern pentathlon: Oleksandr Tokai, Vladyslav Chekan, Valeria Peremykina

Tennis: Anhelina Kalinina, Liudmyla Kichenok, Nadiia Kichenok, Marta Kostyuk, Elina Svitolina, Dayana Yastremska

Table tennis: Solomiya Brateiko, Yaroslav Zhmudenko, Margaryta Pesotska

Fencing: Joan Faebi Bezhura, Alina Komashchuk, Olena Kravatska, Olena Kryvytska, Olha Kharlan, Vlada Kharkova

Football: Arseniy Batagov, Maksym Bragaru, Vladyslav Veleten, Heorhiy Yermakov, Dmytro Kryskiv, Illya Krupskyi, Ihor Krasnopir, Oleksandr Martyniuk, Mykola Mykhailenko, Oleh Ocheretko, Valentyn Rubchynskyi, Volodymyr Saliuk, Danylo Sikan, Oleksiy Sych, Maksym Talovyerov, Oleh Fedor, Kiril Fesyun, Maksym Khlan. The head coach of the football team is Ruslan Rotan.

Photo: Ukrainian football team at the 2024 Olympics (facebook.com/uafukraine)

Olympic stars from Ukraine: who is going to Paris for new medals

Most of the participants in the upcoming Games in Paris have yet to win Olympic medals. However, the Ukrainian team includes some true sports stars who already have medals from one or even several previous Olympics.

Fencer Olga Kharlan is heading to the Olympics for the fourth time. Her medal collection includes a team gold in 2008, a team silver in 2016, and individual bronze medals in 2012 and 2016. Kharlan was allowed to participate in the Paris Olympics despite her disqualification at the World Championships in Italy, where the Ukrainian athlete refused to shake hands with a Russian competitor.

Zhan Beleniuk will represent Ukraine in Greco-Roman wrestling and will attempt to replicate his success from the last Olympics in Tokyo, where he won gold. Beleniuk also competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, securing a silver medal for Ukraine.

Photo: Olympic champion in Tokyo, Zhan Beleniuk, heading to Paris Olympics (Getty Images)

Gymnast Oleg Verniaiev is returning to Olympic competition after a hiatus. He missed the Tokyo Games due to a suspension related to a doping case. Verniaiev is a medalist from the 2016 Rio Olympics, winning gold in the parallel bars and silver in the all-around.

Olena Kostevych first competed in the Olympics 20 years ago and has participated in five Games overall. At the 2004 Athens Olympics, the then-19-year-old athlete won gold in the 10m air pistol event. Kostevych later earned two bronze medals in London in 2012 (10m and 25m air pistol). At the 2020 Tokyo Games, she secured another bronze in the 10m mixed team event with Oleh Omelchuk.

Track and field athlete Yaroslava Mahuchikh heads to the Paris Games following a recent triumph. The Ukrainian managed to break the world record in the high jump, which had stood for 37 years, achieving a height of 2.1 meters. Repeating this jump at the 2024 Olympics could very well earn her the gold medal. At the previous Games in Tokyo, Mahuchikh won bronze with a jump of 2 meters, while the gold went to Russia's Mariya Lasitskene, who cleared 2.04 meters.

Photo: Yaroslava Mahuchikh, bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics (Getty Images)

Judoka Daria Bilodid will aim to surpass her success from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in the 48 kg weight category. At the Paris Games, Bilodid will compete in the 57 kg category, holding the title of European Judo Champion for 2024.

Olympic champions from the 2012 London Games in rowing, Nataliia Dovgodko and Anastasiya Kozhenkova, are heading to Paris to replicate their success. They will compete in a quartet with Daryna Verkhogliad and Kateryna Dudchenko.

Elina Svitolina, the world No. 3 from 2017-2019 and multiple WTA tournament winner, will participate in the Olympics for the second time. The Ukrainian tennis star previously won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Swimmer Mykhailo Romanchuk has also made the Ukrainian team for the second time. At the Tokyo Olympics, he earned bronze in the 800m freestyle and silver in the 1500m freestyle.

Photo: Mykhailo Romanchuk at the Tokyo Olympics (facebook.com/olympicua)

Lyudmyla Luzan, a canoe sprint athlete, is only missing an Olympic gold in her collection. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the women's C-1 200m and a silver medal in the women's C-2 500m with Anastasiia Chetverikova. France will be Luzan's chance to become an absolute Olympic champion.

Boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak (80 kg category) has qualified for the Olympics for the second time. The previous Olympics earned him a silver medal.

Parviz Nasibov will compete in the 67 kg category of Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2024 Olympics. He already became an Olympic medalist in Tokyo, winning silver.

Photo: Parviz Nasibov heads to the Olympics for Ukraine for the second time (Getty Images)

Iryna Koliadenko will compete in freestyle wrestling in the 62 kg category in Paris. The Ukrainian athlete is a three-time European champion and won bronze four years ago at the Tokyo Olympics.

In synchronized swimming, twin sisters Maryna and Vladyslava Aleksiyiva will represent Ukraine in the duet program. The athletes are champions of the 2023 European Games, European champions, and silver medalists of the 2022 World Championship. At the Tokyo Olympics, the sisters won bronze for Ukraine in the team event.

Gymnast Ihor Radivilov will participate in the vault event at the 2024 Olympics. He is already a bronze medalist from the 2012 London Olympics in the vault. An element of men's gymnastics—the Radivilov vault—is named after him. Radivilov has won medals at European Championships and World Cups and competed in the Tokyo Olympics, finishing 7th in the team event.

Sources: NOC of Ukraine portal, statement by NOC President Vadym Gutzeit, official portal of the Olympic Games in France, Wikipedia.