Ukraine at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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Ukraine competed at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. It was Ukraine's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, after the country had competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.
| Ukraine at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics | |
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| IOC code | UKR |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Ukraine |
| in Gangwon, South Korea 19 January 2024 – 1 February 2024 | |
| Competitors | 44 in 12 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Yaroslav Lavreniuk & Valeriia Sheihas |
| Flag bearer (closing) | TBD |
| Medals Ranked 26th |
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| Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Skeleton athlete Yaroslav Lavreniuk & biathlete Valeriia Sheihas were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[1]
Ukraine was represented in 12 out of 15 sports, except for ice hockey, bobsleigh, and speed skating. Ukraine debuted in curling, which in general was Olympic debut for the country in this sport.
Sofia Shkatula represented Ukraine at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Boys | Girls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Biathlon | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Cross-country skiing | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Curling | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Figure skating | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Freestyle skiing | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Luge | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Nordic combined | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Short track speed skating | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Skeleton | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ski jumping | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Snowboarding | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 24 | 20 | 44 |
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Yaroslav Lavreniuk | Skeleton | Men's | 23 January |
 Bronze | Polina Putsko | Biathlon | Women's sprint | 23 January |
Alpine skiing
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Oleksandr Patsahan | Boys' super-G | N/a | 59.41 | 44 | |||
| Boys' combined | 59.48 | 47 | 1:01.69 | 31 | 2:01.17 | 32 | |
| Boys' giant slalom | 55.14 | 52 | DNF2 | ||||
| Boys' slalom | 53.10 | 46 | 59.75 | 33 | 1:52.85 | 32 | |
| Mariia Sorokmaniuk | Girls' super-G | N/a | 1:01.84 | 46 | |||
| Girls' combined | 1:05.32 | 51 | 1:01.29 | 30 | 2:06.61 | 33 | |
| Girls' giant slalom | DNF1 | ||||||
| Girls' slalom | 1:00.85 | 49 | DNF2 | ||||
Biathlon
- Boys
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Steblyna | Sprint | 24:33.1 | 4 (2+2) | 47 |
| Individual | 49:49.2 | 8 (3+3+2+0) | 57 | |
| Oleksandr Bilanenko | Sprint | 22:41.9 | 3 (1+2) | 12 |
| Individual | 46:08.0 | 6 (2+1+1+2) | 24 | |
| Dmytro Kriukov | Sprint | 24:37.2 | 4 (2+2) | 51 |
| Individual | 45:36.6 | 4 (1+0+2+1) | 19 | |
| Oleksandr Holik | Sprint | 26:37.6 | 4 (2+2) | 76 |
| Individual | 50:18.2 | 6 (0+1+3+2) | 63 |
- Girls
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valeriia Sheihas | Sprint | 21:32.0 | 2 (0+2) | 12 |
| Individual | 42:09.8 | 4 (0+2+1+1) | 23 | |
| Alina Khmil | Sprint | DNS | ||
| Individual | 40:06.4 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | 11 | |
| Polina Putsko | Sprint | 20:54.1 | 1 (0+1) | |
| Individual | 40:56.4 | 4 (1+1+0+2) | 17 | |
| Iryna Shevchenko | Sprint | 22:09.8 | 3 (1+2) | 23 |
| Individual | 40:35.9 | 3 (0+2+0+1) | 12 | |
- Mixed
| Athletes | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iryna Shevchenko Oleksandr Bilanenko |
Single mixed relay | 46:41.6 | 3+15 | 6 |
| Valeriia Sheihas Polina Putsko Dmytro Kriukov Oleksandr Bilanenko |
Mixed relay | 1:23:24.2 | 5+15 | 9 |
Cross-country skiing
Ukraine qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender).[2]
- Distance
| Athlete | Event | Time | Difference | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bohdan Nikulin | Boys' 7.5 kilometre classical | 21:27.2 | +1:40.0 | 32 |
| Nazarii Teselskyi | 21:30.2 | +1:43.0 | 33 | |
| Sofiia Shkatula | Girls' 7.5 kilometre classical | 24:04.8 | +1:45.2 | 24 |
| Mariia Pavlenko | 24:55.7 | +2:36.1 | 34 |
- Sprint
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Bohdan Nikulin | Boys' sprint | 3:12.27 | 26 Q | 3:13.93 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Nazarii Teselskyi | 3:18.93 | 38 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Sofiia Shkatula | Girls' sprint | 3:52.19 | 36 | Did not advance | |||||
| Mariia Pavlenko | 3:55.51 | 41 | Did not advance | ||||||
- Mixed
| Athletes | Event | Time | Difference | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mariia Pavlenko Sofiia Shkatula Nazarii Teselskyi Bohdan Nikulin |
Mixed relay | 57:13.4 | +4:06.1 | 12 |
Curling
Ukraine qualified a mixed doubles pair for a total of two athletes (one per gender).[3][4]
- Summary
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Marharyta Lytvynenko Artem Shlyk |
Mixed doubles |  SloveniaL 5–11 |
 NorwayL 2–7 |
 SwedenL 0–9 |
 United StatesL 1–9 |
 QatarW 12–8 |
5 | Did not advance | 19 | ||
Mixed doubles
- Round robin
- Draw 3
Saturday, January 27, 14:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovenia (Kavčič / Omerzel) |
1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | X | 11 |
 Ukraine (Lytvynenko / Shlyk) 🔨 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
- Draw 5
Sunday, January 28, 10:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ukraine (Lytvynenko / Shlyk) 🔨 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Norway (Hausstaetter / Svorkmo Lundberg) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
- Draw 10
Monday, January 29, 18:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson) 🔨 |
1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 9 |
| Ukraine (Lytvynenko / Shlyk) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 |
- Draw 12
Tuesday, January 30, 14:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ukraine (Lytvynenko / Shlyk) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| United States (Wendling / Paral) 🔨 |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | X | 9 |
- Draw 14
Wednesday, January 31, 9:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ukraine (Lytvynenko / Shlyk) 🔨 |
0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Qatar (Al-Fahad / Alnaimi) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Figure skating
| Athletes | Event | SP/SD | FS/FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Vadym Novikov | Men's singles | 54.91 | 14 Q | 105.73 | 14 | 160.64 | 14 |
| Sofiia Rekunova / Denys Fediakin | Ice dance | 35.76 | 11 Q | 57.45 | 11 | 93.21 | 11 |
Freestyle skiing
- Dual moguls
| Athlete | Event | Panel | Semifinal | Final / Bronze final |
Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | |||||
| Dmytro Perets | Boys' dual moguls | 8 | 5 | Did not advance | =17 | |
| Yuliana Kysil | Girls' dual moguls | 8 | 5 | Did not advance | =17 | |
- Mixed team dual moguls
| Athlete | Event | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / Bronze final |
Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dmytro Perets Yuliana Kysil |
Mixed team dual moguls | United States 2 Abby McLarnon Jiah Cohen 2–68 |
Did not advance | |||
- Slopestyle and big air
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Best score | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Final score | Rank | ||
| Mariia Aniichyn | Girls' slopestyle | 5.25 | 19.75 | 19.75 | 18 | Did not advance | ||||
| Girls' big air | 66.00 | 49.00 | 66.00 | 9 Q | 75.00 | 37.00 | 39.75 | 114.75 | 8 | |
| Nataliia Kaziuk | Girls' slopestyle | DNS | ||||||||
| Girls' big air | 64.50 | 7.75 | 64.50 | 10 Q | 58.00 | 61.25 | 28.50 | 89.75 | 9 | |
Luge
Ukraine qualified nine lugers which is the biggest luge team in the history of Ukraine's participation in the Winter Youth Games so far.[5][6][7][8]
- Boys
- Girls
- Mixed team relay
| Athlete | Event | Women' singles | Men' singles | Doubles | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Daryna Fedorchuk Anton Shevchuk Maksym Panchuk / Andrii Muts |
Team relay | 50.721 | 9 | 50.685 | 4 | 52.056 | 5 | 2:33.462 | 5 |
Nordic combined
- Boys
| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Final result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Deficit | Time | Rank | Deficit | Rank | ||
| Oleksandr Shovkoplias | Men's normal hill/6 km | 43.9 | 30 | +6:28 | 13:14.9 | 4 | +6:19.8 | 29 |
| Rostyslav Kirashchuk | 107.7 | 14 | +2:13 | 13:15.3 | 5 | +2:05.2 | 12 | |
Short track speed skating
Ukraine qualified one male and two female short track speed skaters which is the biggest short track speed skating team in the history of Ukraine's participation in the Winter Youth Games so far..[9]
- Boys
- Girls
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Veronika Kremer | 500 m | 48.844 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| 1000 m | 1:40.527 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| 1500 m | N/a | 2:44.426 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
| Diana Demochko | 500 m | 48.370 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
| 1000 m | 1:58.732 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| 1500 m | N/a | 2:41.971 | 4 q | 2:41.167 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
Skeleton
Ukraine qualified two skeleton racers which is the biggest skeleton team in the history of Ukraine's participation in the Winter Youth Games so far.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Yaroslav Lavreniuk | Men's | 52.89 | 3 | 52.78 | 2 | 1:45.67 | |
| Vladyslav Klymenko | 58.08 | 20 | 56.49 | 16 | 1:54.57 | 20 | |
Ski jumping
Ukraine qualified four ski jumpers (two per gender).[10]
Individual
| Athlete | Event | First round | Final | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Mykola Smyk | Boys' normal hill | 83.5 | 65.1 | 26 | 84.5 | 64.7 | 26 | 129.8 | 28 |
| Vasyl Bukhonko | 79.5 | 55.7 | 31 | 81.5 | 58.7 | 29 | 114.4 | 31 | |
| Zhanna Hlukhova | Girls' normal hill | 81.0 | 55.4 | 18 | 74.0 | 42.7 | 23 | 98.1 | 21 |
| Daryna Ilchuk | 61.5 | 12.2 | 30 | 65.5 | 21.7 | 30 | 33.9 | 30 | |
- Mixed team
| Athlete | Event | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | ||
| Zhanna Hlukhova Mykola Smyk Daryna Ilchuk Vasyl Bukhonko |
Mixed team normal hill | 413.0 | 14 |
Snowboarding
- Snowboard cross
| Athlete | Event | Group heats | Semifinal | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Position | Position | ||
| Ivan Ivchatov | Men's snowboard cross | 9 | 13 | DNQ | |