Ukraine at the 2023 European Games


Ukraine competed at the 2023 European Games, in Kraków and Małopolska, Poland, from 21 June to 2 July 2023. Ukraine entered 269 athletes in 27 sports. Ukrainian athletes did not qualify to compete in beach handball, padel and rugby sevens.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Liudmyla Luzan
Valeriia Tereta
Canoe sprintWomen's C-2 200 metres22 June
Oleh Kukharyk
Ihor Trunov
Canoe sprintMen's K-2 200 metres22 June
Anzhelika TerliugaKarateWomen's kumite 55 kg22 June
Kseniia Bailo
Danylo Konovalov
Anna Pysmenska
Oleksii Sereda
DivingTeam event22 June
Andrii ZaplitnyiKarateMen's kumite 75 kg23 June
Liudmyla LuzanCanoe sprintWomen's C-1 500 metres24 June
Kirill Boliukh
Kseniya Baylo
DivingMixed synchronized 10 metre platform24 June
Nataliya KrolAthleticsWomen's 800 m24 June
Maryna Bekh-RomanchukAthleticsWomen's triple jump24 June
Kirill Boliukh
Oleksiy Sereda
DivingMen's synchronized 10 metre platform25 June
Yaroslava MahuchikhAthleticsWomen's high jump25 June
Dzhoan Feybi BezhuraFencingWomen's épée26 June
Olha KharlanFencingWomen's sabre27 June
Pavlo Korostylov
Yuliya Korostylova
ShootingMixed team 25 metre rapid fire pistol27 June
Ihor LiubchenkoMuaythaiMen's 67 kg27 June
Oleksandr YefimenkoMuaythaiMen's 71 kg27 June
Oleh PryimachovMuaythaiMen's 91 kg27 June
Olena Kostevych
Anastasiia Nimets
Yuliya Korostylova
ShootingWomen's team 25 metre rapid fire pistol28 June
Oleh Kolodiy
Danylo Konovalov
DivingMen's 3 metre synchro springboard28 June
Oleksandr KhyzhniakBoxingMen's light heavyweight1 July
Viktoriia UsCanoe slalomWomen's kayak cross2 July
Dmytro Danylenko
Oleh Kukharyk
Ivan Semykin
Ihor Trunov
Canoe sprintMen's K-4 500 metres23 June
Liudmyla LuzanCanoe sprintWomen's C-1 200 metres23 June
Anita SeroginaKarateWomen's kumite 61 kg23 June
Vladyslava Aleksiyiva
Maryna Aleksiyiva
Veronika Hryshko
Marta Fiedina
Daria Moshynska
Anhelina Ovchynnikova
Valeriya Tyshchenko
Anastasiia Shmonina
Artistic swimmingTeam acrobatic routine24 June
Mykhaylo KokhanAthleticsMen's hammer throw24 June
Vladyslava Aleksiyiva
Maryna Aleksiyiva
Artistic swimmingDuet free routine24 June
Anastasia Pavlova
Ivan Kozhokar
ArcheryMixed team recurve25 June
Yehor SkurikhinMuaythaiMen's 81 kg27 June
Kseniya Baylo
Sofia Esman
DivingWomen's synchronized 10 metre platform27 June
Anna PonomarenkoBreakdancingB-Girls'27 June
Ukraine women's national beach soccer team
Beach soccerWomen's competition1 July
Tymur BrykovKickboxingMen's 75 kg Full Contact2 July
Olena KostevychShootingWomen's 10 metre air pistol22 June
Mykyta FilipovKarateMen's kumite 60 kg22 June
Vladyslav ShepelievAthleticsMen's triple jump23 June
Artur FelfnerAthleticsMen's javelin throw25 June
Vladyslav MykytasMuaythaiMen's 60 kg26 June
Anastasiia MykhailenkoMuaythaiWomen's 51 kg26 June
Volodymyr StankevychFencingMen's épée27 June
Artem MelnykKickboxingMen's 86 kg Full Contact1 July

Competitors

Ukraine was represented by the maximum number of athletes in beach soccer, fencing, judo, and modern pentathlon.
Ukraine was not able to qualify for the rugby sevens competition since the teams withdrew from the 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy and 2022 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine did not qualify for the beach handball competitions. The closest were [Ukraine men's national Beach handball at the 2023 European Games|beach handball team|men's team] that finished 8th at the EHF Beach Handball EURO 2023 in Nazaré, Portugal, losing to Croatia in the 7th place game. To qualify, the team should have finished within the Top-7. The women's team ranked 10th.
SportMenWomenTotal
Archery325
Artistic swimming1111
Athletics232144
Badminton336
Basketball44
Beach soccer121224
Boxing7613
Breakdancing213
Canoe slalom437
Canoe sprint9817
Cycling437
Diving7310
Fencing141327
Judo6612
Karate347
Kickboxing314
Modern pentathlon448
Muaythai516
Shooting91019
Ski jumping224
Sport climbing235
Table tennis347
Taekwondo538
Teqball224
Triathlon134
Total133136269

Archery

In recurve achery, Ukraine qualified men's team, mixed team and one competitor for the women's event. Men's team returned to the Games after the absence from the 2019 Games. For the third consecutive time, Ukraine competed in the mixed team event. The country made a debut in compound archery after having qualified one female. Pavlova competed at her third European Games.
;Recurve
;Compound

Artistic swimming

The team consisted of 11 athletes, all female. The team therefore did not compete in the mixed doubles events. Ukraine also did not compete in team free routine combination. Hryshko was the only member of the team who had previously competed at the [Synchronised swimming at the Diving at the 2015 European Games|2015 European Games|2015 Games]. Olesia Derevianchenko, Sofiia Matsiievska, and Mariia Khovanska were also included in the team roster.

Athletics

Ukraine competed in the second division of the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships which was held in Chorzów during the Games. Ukraine competed in athletics at the European Games for the second consecutive time. Plotitsyna, Ryzhykova, Danylenko, Lyakhova, Kachur, Bekh-Romanchuk, Hatsko — all participated at the 2019 Games.

Individual events

;Track events
;Men
;Women
;Mixed
;Field events
;Men
;Women
;Reserve athletes

Badminton

On 28 March 2023, Badminton Europe published the list of eligible players for the Games and Ukraine was granted quotas in all events with the exception of men's doubles.
Though Beketov and Makhnovskiy did not qualify for the Games directly, they were added later and competed for the second consecutive time at the European Games in men's doubles. Viacheslav Yakovlev and Polina Tkach were eligible for the mixed doubles competition at the Games but they were not included in the final list of participants. Zharka competed at her third European Games, and once again with a different partner in women's doubles. For the first time, Ukraine was not represented in all events.

Basketball 3x3

Ukraine competed in the women's tournament. Ukraine did not qualify for the men's competition.
This was the third consecutive appearance of Ukraine women's team at the European Games but it was the worst performance. As in 2019, had Ukraine defeated Estonia, they would have qualified for the play-off round. Ukraine led 13–11 against Estonia 1 min 45 sec before the end, but the team eventually lost in a fierce competition 13–14. Veronika Kosmach played at her second consecutive European Games.
;Women

Beach soccer

Ukraine competed in both men's and women's tournaments. For the men's competition, Ukraine qualified through the 2022 Euro Beach Soccer League where the team finished 6th in the Superfinal. This was the third consecutive time Ukraine team participates at the European Games. For the women's tournament, Ukraine qualified through the 2022 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League where the team played fourth out of 6 teams. Ukraine was represented in both tournaments along with Italy, host Poland, Portugal, and Spain.
The draw for the tournament took place on 11 May 2023. Ukraine men's team was allocated for Group B to play against Switzerland, Italy, and Moldova, while Ukraine women's team was seeded into Group B to face Spain and Italy.
;Men
  • Andrii Borsuk
  • Ihor Borsuk
  • Ivan Hlutskyi
  • Dmytro Medvid
  • Andrii Nerush
  • Andrii Pashko
  • Oleksandr Poslavskyi
  • Iurii Shcherytsia
  • Dmytro Voitenko
  • Maksym Voitiuk
  • Yaroslav Zavorotnyi
  • Oleh Zborovskyi Oleh Budzko Ihor Levchenko Denys Sabatiuk
;Women
  • Ania Davydenko
  • Iuliia Dekhtiar
  • Iryna Dubytska
  • Anastasiia Klipachenko
  • Iuliia Kostiuk
  • Viktoriia Kyslova
  • Anna Shulha
  • Anastasiia Terekh
  • Mariia Tykhonova
  • Iryna Vasyliuk
  • Snizhana Volovenko
  • Myroslava VypasniakTaisiia Babenko
  • ''Aliona Kyrylchuk ''

Boxing

According to the list published by IBA, 7 male and 6 female boxers were eligible for the Games. Though Robert Marton, Yelmir Nabiiev, Iurii Shestak, Amina Abramova, Maryna Malovana, Hanna Okhota and Valeriia Yeroshenko were eligible for the Games according to the IBA's list, they were not included in the final list. Oleh Chuliacheiev was reserve athlete. Zamotayev, Khyzhniak and Kob competed at their third European Games. Khartsyz competed for the second time after he participated in the 2019 Games.
Ukrainian athletes competed in all events. In terms of number of medals won, these were the least successful Games for the Ukrainian team.
;Men
;Women

Canoeing

Slalom

Ukraine did not compete in women's C1 team.
;Men
;Women

Sprint

For Povkh and Hryshchun, these were third consecutive European Games. Mishchuk and Trunov previously competed at the 2015 Games. Rybachok, Danylenko, Kukharyk, Luzan and Dokiienko previously competed at the 2019 Games. Ukraine did not compete in men's K-1 500 m and women's K-2 500 m.
The Games were the most successful for the team in comparison to 2015 and 2019 in terms of both quality and quantity of medals. The team became the most successful in the sport at the Games.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Cycling

Ukraine did not compete in women's BMX. The country was, as in 2015, represented in men's BMX and in mountain bike. Rysenko and Belomoyna raced at their second European Games.

Diving

Ukraine entered 10 athletes for the Games. Naumenko was the only Ukrainian diver who competed at both 2015 and 2023 European Games. Mark Hrytsenko and Sofiia Lyskun were reserve athletes. The team became the most successful in the sport at the Games.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Fencing

Ukraine was represented in all events by maximum number of athletes. Yunes, Yahodka, Komashchuk, Kravatska and Kharlan participated at their second European Games.
;Men's
;Women's

Judo

Iadov, Bilodid and Hrebenozhko competed at their second consecutive European Games.
;Mixed team

Karate

Ukraine qualified 7 athletes for the Games. The country was not represented in kata competitions, men's 67 kg and +84 kg as well as women's +68 kg. Terliuga, Serogina, and Zaplitnyi qualified through the 2023 European Karate Championships, and the others qualified through rankings of the World Karate Federation. Kryva competed at her third European Games, while Chobotar, Terliuga, Serogina, and Melnyk competed for the second time.
Ukrainian team became the most successful team in karate competitions. Terliuga and Serogina won their second medals of the European Games.
;Men
;Women

Kickboxing

Ukraine qualified through the 2022 European Championships 4 athletes for the Games.
;Men
;Women

Modern pentathlon

Ukraine was represented by the maximum number of athletes.
;Qualification and semifinals
;Final
;Men's and Women's Team
AthleteEventPointsRank
Oleksandr Tovkai
Maksym Aharushev
Yuriy Kovalchuk
Men's team38258
Iryna Khokhlova
Olha Klunnikova
Valeriya Permykina
Women's team32427

Muaythai

Ukraine was represented in all men's categories. The team became the most successful in the sport among all national teams at the Games.
;Men
;Women

Shooting

Ukraine did not compete in women's 10 m air pistol team, men's individual and team trap, women's and mixed team trap, men's and women's skeet team.

Ski jumping

Ukraine competed in all events.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Sport climbing

Ukraine did not compete in men's boulder.
;Speed
;Lead and boulder

Table tennis

Ukraine qualified women's team for the competition, which was the third consecutive appearance for the women's team at the European Games.
;Individual
;Team
  • First round
  • Quarterfinal

Taekwondo

Ukraine originally qualified 6 athletes for the Games but the team was able to field two more athletes.
;Men
;Women

Teqball

Ukraine competed in all events.

Triathlon

Ukraine qualified 3 female and 1 male. Since at least two male and two female athletes were required to be qualified for the mixed relay, Ukraine was not represented in this event. In comparison to the 2015 European Games, Ukrainian triathlon team for the 2023 event was two competitors smaller.

Olympic quotas

The Games served as qualification event in a number of sports for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Ukraine received following quotas for the results at the Games:
NameSportEventDate
Olena KostevychShootingWomen's 10 metre air pistol22 June
ShootingMixed teams 10 metre air pistol22 June
Oleksandr KhyzhniakBoxingMen's middleweight28 June
Oleksandr TovkaiModern pentathlonMen's1 July

Side events

European Amputee Football Federation launched in 2023 the biennial Amputee Football Nations League. The games of League A were scheduled to be played in Kraków before the Games and was advertised as a side event at the Games. Ukraine was included in League C and, therefore, did not play at the Games.

Chess

Ukraine qualified for the European Blitz Chess Championships which is set to take place during the European Games. The event will comprise one event, mixed pairs, and Ukraine is expected to be represented by Andrii Volokitin and Nataliia Buksa.