Oksana Baiul

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Serhiyivna and the family name is Baiul.
Oksana Baiul
Native nameОксана Баюл
Born (1977-11-16) 16 November 1977 (age 47)
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Dnipro, Ukraine)
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Figure skating career
Country Ukraine
Retired1994
Medal record
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Lillehammer Ladies' singles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Prague Ladies' singles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1993 Helsinki Ladies' singles
Silver medal – second place 1994 Copenhagen Ladies' singles
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox figure skater with unknown parameter "formerchoreographer"
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox figure skater with unknown parameter "formertraininglocations"
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox figure skater with unknown parameter "formercoach"

Oksana Serhiyivna Baiul-Farina[a] (née Baiul; born November 16, 1977) is a Ukrainian retired competitive figure skater. She is the 1993 world champion and the 1994 Olympic champion in ladies' singles.

Baiul is the first Olympic Champion from Ukraine to compete under the Ukrainian flag. Baiul is the second skater representing Ukraine to win gold at the Winter Olympics after Viktor Petrenko in 1992.[nb 1][nb 2] She is also the first Olympic champion of independent Ukraine in any sport.

After winning the gold medal in 1994, Baiul decided to move to the United States and participate in professional ice skating tours and shows. She followed one of her coaches to Connecticut. Later, she also became involved in a variety of TV appearances, and benefit skates. She has lived in the United States since 1994. In 1997, she published two books, a memoir about her life and one on skating.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT940206 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Minute's silence respected at Ukraine news conference". Reuters. 21 February 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Winter Olympics: Ukraine's Oleksandr Abramenko wins aerial gold". BBC Sport. 18 February 2018. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2021.


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).
Cite error: There are <ref group=nb> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=nb}} template (see the help page).