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Sport in Ukraine, the Glossary

Sports in Ukraine as in any other country throughout the World plays an important role in shaping the popular view of Ukraine and Ukrainian popular culture to its residents and the rest of the World.^[1]

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Alexander Belostenny

Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny (February 24, 1959 – May 25, 2010) was a Ukrainian professional basketball player.

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Alexander Volkov (basketball)

Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Volkov (born 29 March 1964), commonly known as Sasha Volkov, is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player.

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Alexandra Timoshenko

Alexandra Alexandrovna Timoshenko, or Olexandra Olexandrivna Tymoshenko, (Олександра Олександрівна Тимошенко; born 18 February 1972) is a former Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union.

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Alina Kozich

Alina Kozich (Алина Козич, born December 16, 1987) is a Ukrainian former artistic gymnast.

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Alina Maksymenko

Alina Oleksandrivna Maksymenko (Аліна Олександрівна Максименко, born 10 July 1991) is a retired individual rhythmic gymnast.

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Anastasia Koval

Anastasia Koval (Анастасія Коваль; born 6 November 1992 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast.

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Anatoli Polivoda

Anatoliy Ivanovych Polyvoda (Анатолій Іванович Поливода; 29 May 1947 – 22 January 2024) was a Ukrainian basketball player who played for the Budivelnyk of Kyiv and the Soviet Union.

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Andriy Shevchenko

Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko, or Andrii Mykolaiovych Shevchenko (Андрій Миколайович Шевченко,; born 29 September 1976) is a Ukrainian former professional football player and manager.

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Anna Bessonova

Hanna Volodymyrivna Bezsonova (Ганна Володимирівна Безсонова/Hanna Volodymyrivna Bezsonova; born 29 July 1984) is a Ukrainian former individual rhythmic gymnast.

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Anna Kalashnyk

Anna Kalashnyk (born 8 December 1992) is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918.

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Bandy

Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.

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Bandy World Championship

The Bandy World Championship is a competition for the men's teams of bandy-playing nations.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.

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Basketball Federation of Ukraine

The Basketball Federation of Ukraine (Федерація баскетболу України) also known as FBU is the governing body of basketball in Ukraine.

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BC Kyiv

BC Kyiv (БК "Київ") was a Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Kyiv.

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Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two players each on a sand court divided by a net.

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Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Super heavyweight

The Super Heavyweight class in the boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition was the heaviest class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

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Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Featherweight

The featherweight competition was the fourth-lowest weight class featured in amateur boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was held at the Workers Indoor Arena.

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Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight

The men's heavyweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 1 to 11 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

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Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight

The men's lightweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 30 July to 12 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

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Central Europe

Central Europe is a geographical region of Europe between Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Europe.

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Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Центральний Спортивний Клуб ЗбройнихСил України, transliteration: Tsentralnyi Sportyvnyi Klub Zbroinykh Syl Ukrayiny) or CSK ZSU (ЦСК ЗСУ) is a sports club that was created on December 15, 1992 based on the Soviet Sports Club of Army (SKA Kyiv) in Kyiv (regional center of CKA), which dissolved after the fall of the Soviet Union.

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Cruiserweight (boxing)

Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight.

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Culture of Russia

Russian culture (kʊlʲˈturə rɐˈsʲiɪ) has been formed by the nation's history, its geographical location and its vast expanse, religious and social traditions, and both Eastern and Western influence.

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Culture of Ukraine

The culture of Ukraine is composed of the material and spiritual values of the Ukrainian people that has formed throughout the history of Ukraine.

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Dariya Zgoba

Dariya Yaroslavivna Zgoba (Дарина Ярославівна Згоба born 7 November 1989) is a Ukrainian retired artistic gymnast.

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Deriugins School

The Deriugina School, also known as the Deriugins' School is a rhythmic gymnastics club in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Dissolution of the Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

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Dnipro

Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants.

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Donetsk

Donetsk (Донецьк; Донецк), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic.

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Dynamo (Ukraine)

Physical culture and sports association "Dynamo" - Ukraine (translit) or Dynamo - Ukraine (Динамо Україна) is a sports club that was established in the Soviet Union as part of the Soviet sports society "Dynamo".

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Eleonora Romanova

Eleonora Alekseevna Romanova (Элеоно́ра Алексе́евна Рома́нова; Елеонора Олексіївна Романова, born 17 August 1998) is a Russian (since September 2016) and former Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast.

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EuroBasket 2015

EuroBasket 2015 was the 39th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe.

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EuroBasket 2017

EuroBasket 2017 was the 40th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe and held between 31 August and 17 September 2017.

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Euromaidan

Euromaidan (translit), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protests in Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kyiv.

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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball

The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (English: International Volleyball Federation), commonly known by the acronym FIVB, is the international governing body for all forms of volleyball.

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FC Skala Stryi (1911)

Football Club Skala 1911 Stryi is a Ukrainian professional football team.

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Featherweight

Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling.

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FIBA EuroChallenge

FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015.

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Figure skating

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice.

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Folklore

Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture.

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Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's vault

The men's vault competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 6 August.

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HC Donbass

Hockey Club Donbass (Хокейний Клуб Донбас; tr. Hokeinyi Klub Donbas) is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey team based in Druzhkivka, that played in the Ukrainian Hockey League and briefly the KHL.

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Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling.

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Ice hockey

Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport.

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Igor Kononenko

Ihor Vitaliiovych Kononenko (Ігор Віталійович Кононенко; born 21 August 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician.

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Igor Radivilov

Ihor (Igor) Vitaliyovych Radivilov (Ігор Віталійович Радівілов; born 19 October 1992) is a Ukrainian gymnast and four-time Olympian, having competed at the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic Games.

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Igor Vovchanchyn

Igor Yaroslavovych Vovchanchyn (Ігор Ярославович Вовчанчин; born August 6, 1973) is a retired Ukrainian mixed martial artist and kickboxer, who competed in early no holds barred MMA contests.

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International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) which sanctions professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO).

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International Boxing Organization

The International Boxing Organization (IBO) is a US based corporation that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and regional championships.

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Irina Deriugina

Irina Ivanivna Deriugina (Іри́на Іва́нівна Дерю́ґіна; born 11 January 1958) is a former Soviet individual rhythmic gymnast from Ukraine and Ukrainian coach in rhythmic gymnastics.

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Iryna Krasnianska

Iryna Krasnianska (Ірина Василівна Краснянська), born on November 19, 1987, in Vologda, USSR is a World Champion Ukrainian gymnast from Cherkasy, Ukraine.

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Ivan Heshko

Ivan Heshko (Іван Гешко) (born August 19, 1979) is a Ukrainian middle-distance track athlete who specialized in the 1500 meters.

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Ivano-Frankivsk

Ivano-Frankivsk (Івано-Франківськ), formerly Stanyslaviv, Stanislav and Stanisławów, is a city in western Ukraine.

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Kateryna Lagno

Kateryna Aleksandrovna Lagno (Екатерина Александровна Лагно,; born 27 December 1989) is a Russian (formerly Ukrainian) chess grandmaster.

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Kateryna Serebrianska

Kateryna Serebrianska (born 25 October 1977 in Simferopol) is a Ukrainian former individual rhythmic gymnast.

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Kharkiv

Kharkiv (Харків), also known as Kharkov (Харькoв), is the second-largest city in Ukraine.

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Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture

Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture is a Ukrainian Academy of University level in Kharkiv.

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Kolos (sports society)

Kolos (Всеукраїнське фізкультурно-спортивне товариство «Колос» агропромислового комплексу України, ВФСТ «Колос») is a fitness-sport society of the Agro-Industrial Complex of Ukraine, formerly a rural sports society and a trade unions - cooperative sports society that was uniting farmers, workers, servicemen, technicians of agricultural organizations, enterprises, establishments, and educational institutions.

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Kontinental Hockey League

The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008.

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Kyiv

Kyiv (also Kiev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine.

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Larisa Latynina

Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (Лариса Семёновна Латынина, née Diriy, Дирий; born 27 December 1934) is a former Soviet artistic gymnast.

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Lilia Podkopayeva

Lilia Oleksandrivna Podkopayeva (Лілія Олександрівна Подкопаєва; born 15 August 1978) is a Ukrainian former artistic gymnast.

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List of boxing triple champions

In boxing, a triple champion is a boxer who has won world titles in three weight classes.

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Liubov Sereda

Liubov Paradieva Sereda (Russian: Любовь Парадиева Середа; born 1945) is a retired Soviet rhythmic gymnast.

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Ludmila Savinkova

Ludmila Petrovna Savinkova (Ukrainian: Людмила Петрівна Савінкова; Russian: Людмила Петровна Савинкова; born 1 January 1936) is a retired Soviet rhythmic gymnast.

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Lviv

Lviv (Львів; see below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the sixth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine.

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Lviv State University of Physical Culture

Lviv State University of Physical Culture (translit) is a university specializing in sports education located in Lviv, Ukraine.

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Maccabiah Games

The Maccabiah Games (a.k.a. the World Maccabiah Games; משחקי המכביה, or משחקי המכביה העולמית; sometimes referred to as the "Jewish Olympics"), first held in 1932, are an international Jewish and Israeli multi-sport event held quadrennially in Israel.

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Maryna Proskurina

Maryna Proskurina (born 12 August 1985) is a former Ukrainian female artistic gymnast who represented her nation at international competitions.

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MBC Mariupol

MBC Mariupol (МБК «Маріуполь», formerly BK Azovmash) was a Ukrainian professional basketball club.

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Ministry of Youth and Sports (Ukraine)

Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine (Ministerstvo molodi ta sportu Ukrayiny) is a government of Ukraine ministry established on 6 June 1991 after reorganization of the Soviet State Committee of the Ukrainian SSR in affairs of youth and sports.

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Mykola Azarov

Mykola Yanovych Azarov (Микола Янович Азаров;; né Pakhlo, Cyrillic: Пахло; born 17 December 1947) is a Ukrainian politician who was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 11 March 2010 to 27 January 2014.

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Mykola Milchev

Mykola Mykolayovych Milchev (Микола Миколайович Мільчев, born 3 November 1967) is a Ukrainian sport shooter.

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Natalia Godunko

Natalia Oleksandrivna Godunko (Наталія Олександрівна Годунко; Наталья Александровна Годунко, born 5 December 1984) is a Ukrainian former rhythmic gymnast.

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National anthem of Ukraine

The national anthem of Ukraine (Державний Гімн України), known by its official edition's first line; its original title; and its official designation of the, is one of the state symbols of Ukraine.

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National Olympic Committee of Ukraine

The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (Нацiональний олiмпiйський комiтет України) is a non-profit all-Ukrainian public organization responsible for development, reinforcement, and protection of the Olympic movement.

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National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport

National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport is a Ukrainian university in Kyiv.

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Nikita Krylov

Nikita Andreyevich Krylov (born March 7, 1992) is a Ukrainian professional mixed martial artist.

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Nikolai Kuksenkov

Nikolai Yulievich Kuksenkov (Николай Юльевич Куксенков, Микола Юлійович Куксенков; born 2 June 1989) is a retired Russian gymnast who won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Odesa

Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea.

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Oksana Baiul

Oksana Serhiyivna Baiul-Farina (born 16 November 1977) is a Ukrainian retired competitive figure skater.

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Oksana Skaldina

Oksana Valentinovna Skaldina (Оксана Валентинівна Скалдіна; Оксана Валентиновна Скалдина) is a retired Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast and current coach.

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Oleg Kutscherenko

Oleg Kutscherenko, also known as Oleh Kucherenko (Олег Миколайович Кучеренко; born December 20, 1968 in Krasnyi Luch, Soviet Union, now Ukraine), is a Ukrainian and German wrestler, born in the Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.

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Oleksandr Usyk

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk (Олександр Олександрович Усик,; born 17 January 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer.

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Oleksandr Vorobiov

Oleksandr Vorobiov (born October 5, 1984, in Dniprodzerzhynsk) is a Ukrainian gymnast.

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Olena Vitrychenko

Olena Ihorivna Vitrychenko (Олена Ігорівна Вітриченко, Елена Игоревна Витриченко; born 25 November 1976), also known as Elena Vitrichenko, is an Individual Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnast.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Olympic sports

Olympic sports are sports that are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games.

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Physical culture

Physical culture, also known as body culture, is a health and strength training movement that originated during the 19th century in Germany, the UK and the US.

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Physical education

Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Popular culture

Popular culture (also called mass culture or pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as popular art or mass art) and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a society at a given point in time.

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Professional Football League of Ukraine (translit; also known as PFL) is a sport organization and collective member of the Football Federation of Ukraine.

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Professional Hockey League

The Professional Hockey League (PHL) (Професіональна хокейна ліга (ПХЛ), tr: Profesional'na khokeina liha) was an ice hockey league in Ukraine, founded in 2011; ceased in 2013.

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is an American government-funded international media organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analyses to Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East.

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Rhythmic gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and rope.

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Ruslan Ponomariov

Ruslan Olehovych Ponomariov (Русла́н Оле́гович Пономарьо́в; born 11 October 1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

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Second Polish Republic

The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939.

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Sokil Kyiv

Hockey Club Sokil Kyiv (ХК Сокіл Київ; Falcon Hockey Club), commonly known as Sokil Kyiv or HC Sokil, is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey team based in Kyiv.

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Sokol movement

The Sokol movement (falcon) is an all-age gymnastics organization first founded in Prague in the Czech lands of Austria-Hungary in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindřich Fügner.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Soviet Union men's national basketball team

The Soviet Union men's national basketball team (r) was the national basketball team that represented the Soviet Union in international competitions.

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Spartak (Ukraine)

Spartak - Ukraine is a physical culture and sports association of Ukraine.

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Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years.

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Tamara Yerofeeva

Tamara Anatoliyivna Yerofeyeva (Тамара Анатоліївна Єрофеєва, Тамара Анатольевна Ерофеева; born 4 March 1982), Ukrayina Moloda also written Tamara Yerofeeva, is a famous individual rhythmic gymnast.

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Tatiana Gutsu

Tatiana Gutsu, rarely Tetiana Hutsu, (Тетяна Костянтинівна Ґуцу, Tatiana Guțu; born 5 September 1976, in Odesa, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian former artistic gymnast from the Soviet Union and the winner of the all-around title in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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The Ring (magazine)

The Ring (often called The Ring magazine or Ring magazine) is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine.

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Turners

Turners (Turner) are members of German-American gymnastic clubs called Turnvereine.

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Tyson Fury

Tyson Luke Fury (born 12 August 1988) is a British professional boxer.

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UEFA Euro 2012

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Ukraine (sports society)

Ukraine (sports society) is a physical culture and sports association of Ukraine.

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Ukraine at the Paralympics

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.

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Ukraine men's national basketball team

The Ukraine men's national basketball team (збірна України з баскетболу) represents Ukraine in international basketball competitions.

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Ukraine men's national ice hockey team

The Ukrainian national ice hockey team (Збірна України з хокею з шайбою) is the national men's ice hockey team of Ukraine, and is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

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Ukraine national bandy team

|- |- |- The Ukraine national bandy team is Ukraine's national representative in the winter team sport of bandy.

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The Association of Amateur Football of Ukraine (Асоціація аматорського футболу України, AAFU) is a sports organization that administers national competitions of association football among amateur and children teams.

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The Ukrainian Football Association (Ukrayins'ka Asotsiatsiya Futbolu; UAF) is the governing body of football in Ukraine.

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Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague

The Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague (USL) (Українська баскетбольна суперліга) is the first-tier level of professional basketball league in Ukraine.

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Ukrainian Cup

The Ukrainian Cup (Кубок України) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football.

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Ukrainian First League

The Persha Liha (Перша ліга) or Ukrainian First League is a level of national football competitions (second tier) in Ukraine governed by the Professional Football League at the discretion of the Ukrainian Association of Football.

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Ukrainian Premier League

The Ukrainian Premier League ("Українська Прем'єр-ліга", Ukrainska Premier Liha) or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship.

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Ukrainian Second League

The Ukrainian Second League (Друга ліга, Druha Liha) is a professional football league in Ukraine which is part of the Professional Football League of Ukraine, a collective member of the Ukrainian Association of Football.

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Ukrainian Sich Riflemen

Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (Ukrainische Sitschower Schützen; translit) was a Ukrainian unit within the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War.

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Ukrainian Super Cup

The Ukrainian Super Cup (Суперкубок України) is an association football game of the Ukrainian Premier League in traditional super cup format that acts as the grand-opening for every new football competition season in Ukraine.

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Undisputed championship (boxing)

In boxing, the undisputed champion of a weight class is the boxer who simultaneously holds world titles from all major organizations recognized by each other and the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

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Vadim Garbuzov

Vadim Garbuzov is a Canadian and Austrian ballroom dancer, showman and choreographer of Ukrainian descent.

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Valentyna Holenkova

Valentyna Holenkova (born 7 May 1992) is a Ukrainian gymnast.

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Vasiliy Lomachenko

Vasiliy Anatolyevich Lomachenko (Василь Анатолійович Ломаченко,; born 17 February 1988), also spelled Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko, is a Ukrainian professional boxer.

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Viktor Yanukovych

Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (born 9 July 1950) is a former Ukrainian politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014.

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Viktoria Karpenko

Viktoria Karpenko (Вікторія Карпенко, born on March 15, 1981, in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR) is a World Championships silver medalist and 2000 Olympian in artistic gymnastics.

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Vitali Klitschko

Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko (Віта́лій Володи́мирович Кличко́; born 19 July 1971), known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer.

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Vladimir Tkachenko

Vladimir Petrovich Tkachenko (alternative spelling: Vladimir Tkatchenko) (Владимир Петрович Ткаченко; born 20 September 1957) is a retired Soviet and Russian professional basketball player.

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Vladislav Terzyul

Vladyslav "Slava" Oleksandrovych Terzyul (Владислав Олександрович Терзиул; 18 June 1953 in Artyom, Primorsky Krai, Soviet Union – 17 May 2004, Makalu), was a Ukrainian alpinist.

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Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympic Games (Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice.

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Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko (born 25 March 1976) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2017.

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World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO).

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World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization.

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World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is an organization which sanctions professional boxing bouts.

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Wrestling

Wrestling is a martial art and combat sport that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset.

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Yana Demyanchuk

Yana Vladimirovna Demyanchuk (Яна Дем'янчук, born 1993) is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast who won gold on the balance beam at the 2009 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

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Yana Klochkova

Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova (Яна Олександрівна Клочкова; born 7 August 1982) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold.

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1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Ukraine

Also known as Basketball in Ukraine, Bowling in Ukraine, Sports in Ukraine, Sports of Ukraine.

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