Ukraine at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Ukraine competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Ukraine at the
2006 Winter Olympics
IOC codeUKR
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Websitewww.noc-ukr.org (in Ukrainian and English)
in Turin
Competitors52 (30 men, 22 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearers Natalia Yakushenko (opening and closing)[1][2]
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
2
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)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Bronze Lilia Efremova Biathlon Women's sprint 16 February
  Bronze Elena Grushina
Ruslan Goncharov
Figure skating Ice dance 20 February

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 1 1 2
Biathlon 5 5 10
Cross-country 7 5 13
Figure skating 5 6 11
Freestyle skiing 4 3 7
Luge 4 2 6
Nordic combined 2 0 2
Short track speed skating 1 0 1
Ski jumping 1 0 1
Total 30 22 52

Alpine skiing

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Mykola Skriabin managed to qualify and compete in each of the five men's disciplines, with his top finish a 26th in the giant slalom.[3]

Athlete[3] Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Yuliya Siparenko Women's giant slalom 1:10.43 1:15.50 n/a 2:25.93 35
Women's slalom 50.31 52.95 n/a 1:43.26 45
Mykola Skriabin Men's downhill n/a 1:57.56 47
Men's super-G n/a 1:38.86 53
Men's giant slalom 1:25.81 1:25.04 n/a 2:50.85 26
Men's slalom 1:01.98 57.98 n/a 1:59.96 36
Men's combined 1:46.63 51.21 did not finish

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

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Lilia Efremova, who had failed to finish in the top 30 in any event at the 2005 World Championships,[4] shot perfectly and survived a relatively slow finish to earn a bronze medal in the women's sprint.[5]

Men
Athlete[5] Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Olexander Bilanenko Sprint 28:26.6 0 36
Pursuit did not start
Individual 1:00:28.6 3 49
Vyacheslav Derkach Sprint 30:15.8 2 72
Andriy Deryzemlya Sprint 28:15.2 2 28
Pursuit 38:54.38 6 31
Individual 59:47.2 3 39
Alexei Korobeynikov Individual 1:01:17.8 4 54
Ruslan Lysenko Sprint 28:56.6 2 44
Pursuit 40:16.42 5 41
Individual 57:16.6 1 18
Olexander Bilanenko
Andriy Deryzemlya
Alexei Korobeynikov
Ruslan Lysenko
Relay 1:23:40.4 1 11 7
Women
Athlete[5] Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Lilia Efremova Sprint 22:38.0 0  
Pursuit 39:09.89 3 8
Mass start 43:21.0 6 17
Individual 55:28.0 5 36
Oksana Khvostenko Sprint 25:10.1 1 49
Pursuit Lapped
Individual 53:22.5 1 20
Nina Lemesh Sprint 25:13.5 2 50
Pursuit 43:48.67 7 41
Olena Petrova Sprint 24:52.2 2 44
Pursuit did not start
Individual 54:35.6 3 29
Valj Semerenko Individual 56:22.6 3 46
Oksana Khvostenko
Olena Petrova
Nina Lemesh
Lilia Efremova
Relay 1:21:55.5 3 14 11

Cross-country skiing

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Twelve skiers represented Ukraine in Turin, the largest delegation in any sport. The top finish came from Valentina Shevchenko in the women's 30 kilometre freestyle; she had the fastest time at the 20 kilometre mark, but fell off the pace to end up 7th.[6]

Distance
Men
Athlete[6] Event Final
Total Rank
Oleksandr Batiuk 15 km classical 43:17.4 63
30 km pursuit 1:24:35.9 57
Mikhail Gumenyak 30 km pursuit 1:22:24.6 46
50 km freestyle 2:13:44.6 56
Roman Leybyuk 15 km classical 39:48.1 17
30 km pursuit 1:22:31.5 49
Vitaly Martsyv 15 km classical 42:57.4 61
Vladmir Olschanski 15 km classical 42:39.6 56
50 km freestyle 2:16:14.7 62
Olexandr Putsko 30 km pursuit 1:22:37.6 52
50 km freestyle Did not finish
Roman Leybyuk
Vladmir Olschanski
Olexandr Putsko
Mikhail Gumenyak
4 x 10 km relay 1:50:01.9 14
Women
Athlete[6] Event Final
Total Rank
Kateryna Grygorenko 10 km classical 31:16.6 44
15 km pursuit 46:55.2 40
30 km freestyle 1:31:36.9 42
Vita Jakimchuk 15 km pursuit 45:48.1 26
30 km freestyle 1:26:32.2 22
Marina Malets-Lisogor 30 km freestyle Did not finish
Valentina Shevchenko 10 km classical 29:40.4 21
15 km pursuit 44:13.6 14
30 km freestyle 1:23:07.9 7
Tatjana Zavalij 10 km classical 30:13.2 27
15 km pursuit 47:18.7 45
Kateryna Grygorenko
Tatjana Zavalij
Vita Jakimchuk
Valentina Shevchenko
4 x 5 km relay 56:36.3 8
Sprint
Athlete[6] Event Qualifying Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank
Ivan Bilosyuk Men's sprint 2:21.97 40 Did not advance 40
Mikhail Gumenyak Men's sprint 2:28.72 62 Did not advance 62
Vita Jakimchuk Women's sprint 2:19.92 36 Did not advance 36
Marina Malets-Lisogor Women's sprint 2:20.79 43 Did not advance 43
Vitaly Martsyv Men's sprint 2:22.30 42 Did not advance 42
Olexandr Putsko Men's sprint 2:30.99 66 Did not advance 66
Ivan Bilosyuk
Vitaly Martsyv
Men's team sprint n/a 18:50.4 9 Did not advance 17
Marina Malets-Lisogor
Tatjana Zavalij
Women's team sprint n/a 19:14.1 8 Did not advance 16

Figure skating

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Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov, the 2005 World Championship bronze medalists, earned the same result in Turin, rallying from a poor start to end up in 3rd.[7]

Athlete[7] Event CD SP/OD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Galina Efremenko Ladies' n/a 41.25 24 'Q 84.12 17 125.37 20
Elena Liashenko Ladies' n/a 52.35 13 'Q 81.73 18 134.08 17
Anton Kovalevski Men's n/a 63.41 16 'Q 109.43 21 172.84 20
Julia Beloglazova
Andrei Bekh
Pairs n/a 43.85 17 71.77 19 115.62 18
Julia Golovina
Oleg Voiko
Ice dance 23.88 23 39.92 24 64.69 23 128.49 23
Elena Grushina
Ruslan Goncharov
Ice dance 37.39 5 59.29 3 99.17 3 195.85  
Tatiana Volosozhar
Stanislav Morozov
Pairs n/a 50.14 12 98.24 12 148.38 12

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

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Ukraine sent seven athletes to compete in the freestyle skiing events, specifically men's and women's aerials, but only one, Enver Ablaev, managed to qualify for a final.[8]

Athlete[8] Event Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Enver Ablaev Men's aerials 226.89 9 Q 150.48 12
Oleksandr Abramenko Men's aerials 149.47 27 n/a 27
Nadiya Didenko Women's aerials 136.91 20 n/a 20
Igor Ishutko Men's aerials 153.04 26 n/a 26
Tatiana Kozachenko Women's aerials 147.51 18 n/a 18
Stanislav Kravchuk Men's aerials 221.69 13 n/a 13
Olha Volkova Women's aerials 160.03 13 n/a 13

Luge

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The doubles team of Oleg Zherebetskyy and Roman Yazvinskyy, who finished 19th in the first run of the event, pulled out after suffering a serious crash. Yazvinskyy was air-lifted to hospital with a head injury, but he remained conscious and was released the next day.[9][10]

Athlete[10] Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Liliya Ludan Women's singles 47.439 47.378 47.150 47.308 3:09.275 6
Natalia Yakushenko Women's singles 54.189 did not start
Andriy Kis
Yuriy Hayduk
Doubles 48.850 48.327 n/a 1:37.177 14
Oleg Zherebetskyy
Roman Yazvinskyy
Doubles 50.897 did not start

Nordic combined

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Sergei Diyachuk and Volodymyr Trachuk both finished in the bottom five in the two Nordic combined events in Turin.[11]

Athlete[11] Event Ski jumping Cross-country
Points Rank Deficit Time Rank
Sergei Diyachuk Sprint 74.9 47 3:23 21:44.1
3:15.1
45
Individual Gundersen 151.0 48 7:26 48:08.1
8:23.5
45
Volodymyr Trachuk Sprint 61.5 48 4:17 23:57.8
5:28.8
48
Individual Gundersen 140.0 49 8:10 23:57.8
5:28.8
48

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Short track speed skating

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Volodymyr Grygoriev, Ukraine's only speed skater in Turin, advanced from his heat in the 1000 metres, but then finished last in his quarterfinal.[12]

Athlete[12] Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Volodymyr Grygoriev Men's 500 m 43.583 3 did not advance 17
Men's 1000 m 1:36.397 2 Q 1:29.168 5 did not advance 15

Ski jumping

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Ukraine's lone competing ski jumper, Volodymyr Boschuk, did not progress beyond the qualification round in either the normal or large hill events.[13]

Athlete[13] Event Qualifying First round Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Total Rank
Volodymyr Boschuk Normal hill 88.5 47 did not advance
Large hill 30.6 51 did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  2. ^ "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Alpine Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Official IBU Profile". International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  5. ^ a b c "Torino 2006 Official Report - Biathlon" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  6. ^ a b c d "Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  7. ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Figure Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  8. ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Freestyle Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  9. ^ Anna THompson (19 February 2006). "Ask Anna-Part Three". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  10. ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Luge" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  11. ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Nordic Combined" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  12. ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Short Track Speed Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  13. ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Ski Jumping" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.