Ukraine at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Ukraine at the
2006 Winter Olympics
Ukraine at the; 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	UKR
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Website	www.noc-ukr.org (in Ukrainian and English)
in Turin
Competitors	52 (30 men, 22 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearers	Natalia Yakushenko (opening and closing)
Medals; Ranked 25th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
Other related appearances
	Czechoslovakia (1924–1936); Poland (1924–1936); Romania (1924–1936); Soviet Union (1956–1988); Unified Team (1992)

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

Medalists

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

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

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
Athlete^[3]	Event	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
Yuliya Siparenko	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

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
Athlete^[5]	Event	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
Athlete^[5]	Event	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
Nina Lemesh	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

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
Athlete^[6]	Event	Total	Rank
Oleksandr Batiuk	15 km classical	43:17.4	63
Oleksandr Batiuk	30 km pursuit	1:24:35.9	57
Mikhail Gumenyak	30 km pursuit	1:22:24.6	46
Mikhail Gumenyak	50 km freestyle	2:13:44.6	56
Roman Leybyuk	15 km classical	39:48.1	17
Roman Leybyuk	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
Vladmir Olschanski	50 km freestyle	2:16:14.7	62
Olexandr Putsko	30 km pursuit	1:22:37.6	52
Olexandr Putsko	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
Athlete^[6]	Event	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
Vita Jakimchuk	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
Tatjana Zavalij	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
Athlete^[6]	Event	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

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
Athlete^[7]	Event	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

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
Athlete^[8]	Event	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

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
Athlete^[10]	Event	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

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
Athlete^[11]	Event	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Sergei Diyachuk	Sprint	74.9	47	3:23	21:44.1 +3:15.1	45
Sergei Diyachuk	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
Volodymyr Trachuk	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

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

Ski jumping

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

References

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

[1] "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved 20 May 2009.

[2] "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Retrieved 20 May 2009.

[AlpineSkiing-3] "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.

[Biathlon-5] "Torino 2006 Official Report - Biathlon" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.

[CrossCountrySkiing-6] "Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.

[FigureSkating-7] "Torino 2006 Official Report - Figure Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.

[FreestyleSkiing-8] "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.

[Luge-10] "Torino 2006 Official Report - Luge" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.

[NordicCombined-11] "Torino 2006 Official Report - Nordic Combined" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.

[ShortTrackSpeedSkating-12] "Torino 2006 Official Report - Short Track Speed Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.

[SkiJumping-13] "Torino 2006 Official Report - Ski Jumping" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.

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