Ukraine at the Paralympics

Ukraine at the
Paralympics
IPC codeUKR
NPCNational Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine
Websitewww.paralympic.org.ua
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
198
Silver
231
Bronze
237
Total
666
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Ukraine made its Paralympic Games début at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, with thirty athletes competing in archery, track and field, powerlifting, swimming, and sitting volleyball. Vasyl Lishchynskyy won Ukraine's first Paralympic gold medal, in the shot put, and Ukrainians also won four silver medals and two bronze. Ukrainians had previously participated within the Soviet Union's delegation in 1988, and as part of the Unified Team in 1992. Ukraine, following its independence from the Soviet Union, missed out on the 1994 Winter Games, but made its Winter Paralympics début at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano. Ukraine has competed at every edition of the Summer and Winter Games since then[1] and have done so with remarkable success.[2]