Ukrainian-born American Paralympic rower and cross-country skier
Oksana Masters
Masters at 2012 Summer Paralympic Games |
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Birth name | Oksana Alexandrovna Bondarchuk |
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Nationality | American |
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Born | (1989-06-19) June 19, 1989 (age 35) Khmelnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
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Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) (2012) |
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Weight | 122 lb (55 kg) (2012) |
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Website | Oksana Masters athlete bio |
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Country | USA |
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Sport | Adaptive rowing, Para-cycling, Cross-country skiing, Biathlon |
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Event | Mixed Sculls |
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Team | U.S. Paralympic |
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Partner | Aaron Pike |
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Coached by | Justin Lednar, Bob Hurley, Roger Payne, Brad Alan Lewis |
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Paralympic finals | 2012 Summer Paralympics: Trunk and arms mixed double sculls – Bronze, 2014 Winter Paralympics: Nordic Ski Cross Country – Silver & Bronze and Biathlon, 2016 Summer Paralympics: Cycling |
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Oksana Masters (born June 19, 1989) is an American multi-sport Paralympic athlete of Ukrainian descent from Louisville, Kentucky.[1] Having primarily specialized in rowing and cross-country skiing, she won the first ever United States medal in trunk and arms mixed double sculls at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.[2] She was also a part of the U.S. Nordic skiing team at the 2014 Winter Paralympics and the 2018 Winter Paralympics. She won two Paralympic medals in 2014 and five Paralympic medals in 2018, including two gold.[3] She switched to para-cycling after the 2012 Paralympics and competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning two gold medals at the latter. She competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, winning a gold medal in Biathlon – Women's 6 kilometres, sitting.[4]
Oksana won the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability in 2020.[5]
- ^ USRowing (2012), Oksana Masters, archived from the original on March 5, 2014, retrieved September 11, 2012
- ^ Johnson, Stephen (September 5, 2012). "Lovettsville veteran wins bronze in Paralympics". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Leesburg, Virginia: Times Community Media. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ U.S. Olympic Committee (February 21, 2013). "2014 U.S. Paralympic Team Named". TeamUSA.org. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
- ^ OlympicTalk (March 5, 2022). "Oksana Masters wins first U.S. gold of Winter Paralympics". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ "PAST WINNERS". Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.