Oksana Boturchuk

Oksana Boturchuk is a Paralympic athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category T12 sprint events.

Early life

Boturchuk hails from the Dnipropetrovsk region in Ukraine. She was born into a family of athletes, her father was a Master of Sports of the USSR in Sambo, whiles her mother was a candidate for Master of Sports in athletics. She experienced vision loss after an auto accident.

She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a gold medal in the women's 100 metres - T12 event, a silver medal in the women's 200 metres - T12 event, a silver medal in the women's 400 metres - T12 event and finished eighth in the women's Long jump - F12 event.
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, she won three silver medals.
In August 2021, a movie about her life titled Puls was released.
In September 2024, she won a silver medal in the women's 100m—T12 final in the Paralympic Games in Paris with a time of 12.70s. She and her guide Mykyta Barabanov also won a bronze medal in the 400 meters dash.

As at 2024, Boturchuk is a lecturer at the Department of Special Physical Training at Dnipropetrovsk [State University of Internal Affairs|DSUIA].

Boturchuk is married and has three children.

Boturchuk has state awards which include the Order of Merit.