Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Ukraine at the
2014 Winter Olympics
IOC codeUKR
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Websitewww.noc-ukr.org (in Ukrainian and English)
in Sochi
Competitors43 (19 men, 24 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearers Valentina Shevchenko (opening)[1]
Vita Semerenko (closing)[2]
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Czechoslovakia (1924–1936)
 Poland (1924–1936)
 Romania (1924–1936)
 Soviet Union (1956–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Ukraine competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine sent a total of 43 athletes.[3]

The women's relay victory gave Ukraine its second Winter Games gold medal ever.[4] The first was won by Oksana Baiul at the 1994 Winter Olympics.[5] On 22 February, cross-country skier Maryna Lisohor was excluded from the Olympics after testing positive for trimetazidine.[6]

  1. ^ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). olympic.org/. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Олимпиада-2014: состав сборной Украины в Сочи". 4 February 2014.
  4. ^ Minute's silence respected at Ukraine news conference, Reuters (21 February 2014).
  5. ^ Oksana Baiul, Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Sochi 2014: Ukraine's Marina Lisogor fails drugs test". BBC Sport. 22 February 2014.