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Ukraine first participated at the World Games at the 1993 World Games and since then participated in all World Games.
| Ukraine at the World Games | |
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| IOC code | UKR |
| Medals Ranked 9th |
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| World Games appearances (overview) | |
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
edit| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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.svg){kind=small} Powerlifting | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
 Sumo | 9 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Trampoline gymnastics | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Acrobatic gymnastics | 7 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
 Muaythai | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
 Finswimming | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
 Karate | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
 Indoor rowing | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
 Ju-jitsu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Rhythmic gymnastics | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
 Kickboxing | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
 Bodybuilding | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Water skiing | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 Bowling | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Beach handball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Parkour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Sport climbing | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Wushu | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Canoe marathon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Orienteering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | 64 | 62 | 55 | 181 |
Most successful Ukrainian competitors
edit52 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.
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| 1 | Larysa Soloviova |  Powerlifting
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4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Olena Movchan |  Trampoline gymnastics
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3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Ihor Soroka |  Finswimming
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2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Olena Buryak |  Indoor rowing
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bohdan Mochulskyi |  Ju-jitsu
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Igor Liubchenko |  Muaythai
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Oleh Pryimachov | Muaythai
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Alina Boykova |  Sumo
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Olena Chabanenko | Trampoline gymnastics
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Oxana Tsyhuleva | Trampoline gymnastics
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Including invitational sports.
- ^ Колумбія зустрічатиме полтавських атлетів у складі збірної України, Полтавщина Спорт, 18 July 2023.
- ^ Including invitational sports.
- ^ Including two medals in invitational sports at the 2022 World Games.
- ^ Medal history of The World Games (remark: it still includes two gold medals from the 2009 World Games Ukraine was later stripped of).