# Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Ukraine competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

## Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Ihor Tsvietov | Athletics | Men's 100m T35 |
| Gold | Ihor Tsvietov | Athletics | Men's 200m T35 |
| Gold | Leilia Adzhametova | Athletics | Women's 100m T13 |
| Gold | Oksana Zubkovska | Athletics | Women's long jump F12 |
| Gold | Yegor Dementyev | Cycling road | Men's road time trial C5 |
| Gold | Yegor Dementyev | Cycling track | Men's individual pursuit C5 |
| Gold | Football 7-a-side team | Football 7-a-side | Men's team |
| Gold | Inna Cherniak | Judo | Women's -57kg |
| Gold | Serhii Yemelianov | Paracanoe | Men's KL3 |
| Gold | Lidiia Soloviova | Powerlifting | Women's -50kg |
| Gold | Roman Polianskyi | Rowing | Men's single sculls |
| Gold | Vasyl Kovalchuk | Shooting | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 |
| Gold | Maksym Krypak | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S10 |
| Gold | Maksym Veraksa | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S12 |
| Gold | Maksym Krypak | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle S10 |
| Gold | Maksym Krypak | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle S10 |
| Gold | Hennadii Boiko | Swimming | Men's 50m backstroke S1 |
| Gold | Dmytro Vynohradets | Swimming | Men's 50m backstroke S3 |
| Gold | Hennadii Boiko | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S1 |
| Gold | Ievgenii Bogodaiko | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S7 |
| Gold | Maksym Krypak | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S10 |
| Gold | Dmytro Zalevskyi | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S11 |
| Gold | Sergii Klippert | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S12 |
| Gold | Ievgenii Bogodaiko | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke SB6 |
| Gold | Oleksii Fedyna | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke SB13 |
| Gold | Denys Dubrov | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly S10 |
| Gold | Ievgenii Bogodaiko | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley SM7 |
| Gold | Denys Dubrov | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley SM10 |
| Gold | Denys Dubrov Bohdan Hrynenko Maksym Krypak Oleksandr Komarov | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
| Gold | Yelyzaveta Mereshko | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S6 |
| Gold | Anna Stetsenko | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S13 |
| Gold | Yelyzaveta Mereshko | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S6 |
| Gold | Anna Stetsenko | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S13 |
| Gold | Yelyzaveta Mereshko | Swimming | Women's 400m freestyle S6 |
| Gold | Anna Stetsenko | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S13 |
| Gold | Yelyzaveta Mereshko | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke SB5 |
| Gold | Kateryna Istomina | Swimming | Women's 100m butterfly S8 |
| Gold | Men's team class 6-8 | Table tennis | Men's team C6-8 |
| Gold | Natalia Kosmina | Table tennis | Women's singles C11 |
| Gold | Andrii Demchuk | Wheelchair fencing | Men's sabre A |
| Gold | Anton Datsko | Wheelchair fencing | Men's sabre B |
| Silver | Roman Pavlyk | Athletics | Men's 400m T36 |
| Silver | Oksana Boturchuk | Athletics | Women's 200 metres T12 |
| Silver | Oksana Boturchuk | Athletics | Women's 400 metres T12 |
| Silver | Natalia Iezlovetska | Athletics | Women's 400 metres T20 |
| Silver | Mykola Dibrova | Athletics | Men's shot put F36 |
| Silver | Anastasiia Mysnyk | Athletics | Women's shot put F20 |
| Silver | Mariia Pomazan | Athletics | Women's shot put F35 |
| Silver | Zoia Ovsii | Athletics | Women's club throw F51 |
| Silver | Dmytro Solovey | Judo | Men's -73kg |
| Silver | Oleksandr Nazarenko | Judo | Men's -90kg |
| Silver | Iryna Husieva | Judo | Women's -60kg |
| Silver | Nataliia Lagutenko | Paracanoe | Women's KL2 |
| Silver | Olga Kovalchuk | Shooting | Women's 10m air pistol SH1 |
| Silver | Dmytro Vynohradets | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S3 |
| Silver | Ievgenii Bogodaiko | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S7 |
| Silver | Bohdan Hrynenko | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S8 |
| Silver | Iaroslav Denysenko | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle S13 |
| Silver | Dmytro Vynohradets | Swimming | Men's 200m freestyle S3 |
| Silver | Denys Dubrov | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle S10 |
| Silver | Iaroslav Denysenko | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle S13 |
| Silver | Iaroslav Denysenko | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S13 |
| Silver | Denys Dubrov | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke SB9 |
| Silver | Ievgenii Bogodaiko | Swimming | Men's 50m butterfly S7 |
| Silver | Maksym Krypak | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly S10 |
| Silver | Dmytro Vynohradets | Swimming | Men's 150m individual medley SM3 |
| Silver | Maksym Krypak | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley SM10 |
| Silver | Viktor Smyrnov | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley SM11 |
| Silver | Iaroslav Denysenko | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley SM13 |
| Silver | Ievgenii Bogodaiko Iurii Bozhynskyi Denys Dubrov Maksym Krypak | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay |
| Silver | Viktoriia Savtsova | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S6 |
| Silver | Viktoriia Savtsova | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S6 |
| Silver | Anna Stetsenko | Swimming | Women's 400m freestyle S13 |
| Silver | Yaryna Matlo | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S12 |
| Silver | Mariia Lafina | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke SB3 |
| Silver | Viktoriia Savtsova | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke SB5 |
| Silver | Oksana Khrul | Swimming | Women's 50m butterfly S6 |
| Silver | Olga Sviderska | Swimming | Women's 150m individual medley SM4 |
| Bronze | Leilia Adzhametova | Athletics | Women's 400 metres T13 |
| Bronze | Liudmyla Danylina | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres T20 |
| Bronze | Ruslan Katyshev | Athletics | Men's long jump F11 |
| Bronze | Dmytro Prudnikov | Athletics | Men's long jump F20 |
| Bronze | Roman Pavlyk | Athletics | Men's long jump F36 |
| Bronze | Roman Danyliuk | Athletics | Men's shot put F12 |
| Bronze | Zoia Ovsii | Athletics | Women's discus throw F52 |
| Bronze | Davyd Khorava | Judo | Men's -66kg |
| Bronze | Oleksandr Kosinov | Judo | Men's -81kg |
| Bronze | Yuliya Halinska | Judo | Women's -48kg |
| Bronze | Oleksii Denysiuk | Shooting | Mixed 50m pistol SH1 |
| Bronze | Andrii Derevinskyi | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S4 |
| Bronze | Iurii Bozhynskyi | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S8 |
| Bronze | Denys Dubrov | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S10 |
| Bronze | Illia Yaremenko | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S12 |
| Bronze | Oleksandr Komarov | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle S6 |
| Bronze | Ievgenii Bogodaiko | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle S7 |
| Bronze | Maksym Veraksa | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle S13 |
| Bronze | Serhii Palamarchuk | Swimming | Men's 200m freestyle S2 |
| Bronze | Anton Kol | Swimming | Men's 50m backstroke S1 |
| Bronze | Serhii Palamarchuk | Swimming | Men's 50m backstroke S2 |
| Bronze | Anton Kol | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S1 |
| Bronze | Serhii Palamarchuk | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S2 |
| Bronze | Iaroslav Semenenko | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S6 |
| Bronze | Denys Dubrov | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S10 |
| Bronze | Maksym Veraksa | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke SB12 |
| Bronze | Oleksandr Mashchenko | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly S11 |
| Bronze | Dmytro Vanzenko | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley SM10 |
| Bronze | Danylo Chufarov | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley SM13 |
| Bronze | Maryna Piddubna | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S11 |
| Bronze | Olga Sviderska | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S3 |
| Bronze | Iryna Sotska | Swimming | Women's 50m backstroke S2 |
| Bronze | Maryna Verbova | Swimming | Women's 50m backstroke S4 |
| Bronze | Iryna Sotska | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S2 |
| Bronze | Oksana Khrul | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S6 |
| Bronze | Bohdan Hrynenko Yelyzaveta Mereshko Olga Sviderska Dmytro Vynohradets | Swimming | Mixed 4x50m freestyle relay |
| Bronze | Maryna Lytovchenko | Table tennis | Women's singles C6 |
| Bronze | Oleg Naumenko | Wheelchair fencing | Men's épée A |
| Bronze | Yevheniia Breus | Wheelchair fencing | Women's épée A |

## 7-a-side football

The Ukraine national 7-a-side football team qualified for the Rio Games after finishing second at the 2015 CP World Championships after going down to Russia in the gold medal match. The country went to the tournament as reigning European champions. The team was in Group C with England and Portugal .
The draw for the tournament was held on May 6 at the 2016 Pre Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain. Ukraine was put into Group A with Brazil, Great Britain and Ireland. The tournament where the draw took place featured 7 of the 8 teams participating in Rio. It was the last major preparation event ahead of the Rio Games for all teams participating. Ukraine finished first, after defeating Brazil 0 - 2 in the 1st place match. Their roster for this tournament included Konstiantyn Symashko, Denys Ponomarov, Taras Dutko, Edhar Kahramanian, Yevhen Zinoviev, Stanislav Podolskyi, Volodymyr Antoniuk, Vitaliy Trushev, Artem Krasylnykov, Bohdan Kulynych, Ivan Shkvarlo, Vitalii Romanchuk, Oleh Len and Serhii Zinchenko.
Going into the Rio Games, the country was ranked first in the world.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Semi finals |
| 2 | Brazil (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 | Semi finals |
| 3 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 0 | 7th–8th place match |

## Archery

Ukraine qualified two archers for the Rio Games following their performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships, with both spots coming in the women's recurve open. Roksolana Dzoba-Balyan and Iryna Volynets both qualified the Ukraine after qualifying for the round of sixteen. Dzoba-Balyan is nicknamed Dzoba-Balyan, lives in Lviv and took up the sport in 2007. She is coached by Ilyashenko Oleh. The right handed archer shoots 27" long arrows with a draw weight of 36 lbs. In 2015, she was ranked fourth in the world.

## Cycling

With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Ukraine qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.

## Goalball

Ukraine's women enter the tournament ranked 15th in the world.
The following is the Ukraine roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Turkey | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 11 | +26 | 12 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | China | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Canada | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Ukraine | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 1 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Australia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 25 | −19 | 1 | |
| 10 September 2016 10:15 | Ukraine | 2–2 | Australia | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |
| 10 September 2016 10:15 | Rud 2 | Report | Horsburgh 1 Esdaile 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |
| 11 September 2016 14:30 | Canada | 3–2 | Ukraine | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |
| 11 September 2016 14:30 | Burk 2 Bogart 1 | Report | Rud 2 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |
| 12 September 2016 20:45 | Turkey | 6–3 | Ukraine | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rudi Janssen (BEL), Nejc Jakic (SLO) |
| 12 September 2016 20:45 | Mercan 2 Altunoluk 2 Özcan 1 Yıldız 1 | Report | Rud 2 Govorukha 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rudi Janssen (BEL), Nejc Jakic (SLO) |
| 13 September 2016 19:30 | Ukraine | 2–6 | China | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Vilma Basinkaite (LTU) |
| 13 September 2016 19:30 | Rud 1 Miroshnyk 1 | Report | Zhang W. 3 Chen 3 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Vilma Basinkaite (LTU) |
| 14 September 2016 10:30 | Brazil | 10–0 | Ukraine | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Raili Sipura (FIN) |
| 14 September 2016 10:30 | Amorim 7 Custodio 2 Rocha 1 | Report | | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Raili Sipura (FIN) |

## Judo

With one pathway for qualification being having a top finish at the 2014 IBSA Judo World Championships, Ukraine earned a qualifying spot in Rio base on the performance of Nataliya Nikolaychyk in the women's -52 kg event. The B2 Judoka finished first in her class. Inna Cherniak earned the country a second spot in the women's -57 kg event. Iryna Husieva grabbed a third spot for the Ukraine in the women's -63 kg event.

## Paracanoeing

Ukraine earned a qualifying spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport following their performance at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Milan, Italy where the top six finishers in each Paralympic event earned a qualifying spot for their nation. Oleksandr Hrechko earned the spot for Ukraine after finishing seventh in the men's KL1 event, but as each NPC gets only one spot and another country had two ahead of him, he qualified. Svitlana Kupriianova earned another spot for Ukraine after finishing third in the women's KL1 event. Mykola Syniuk earned a third spot for Ukraine after finishing fifth in the men's KL2 event. Nataliia Lagutenko earned a fourth spot for Ukraine after finishing fourth in the women's KL2 event. Serhii Yemelianov earned a fifth spot for the Ukraine after finishing fifth in the men's KL3 event.

## Rowing

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top eight finish at the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships in a medal event. Ukraine qualified for the 2016 Games under this criterion in the AS Men's Single Sculls event with a third-place finish in a time of 04:51.700. They qualified a second boat in the TA Mixed Double Sculls event with a fourth-place finish in a time of 04:07.280. Ukraine qualified a third boat with a sixth-place finish in the LTA Mixed Coxed Four event in a time of 03:35.510, fifteen seconds behind first-place finisher, Great Britain, who had a time of 03:19.560.

## Shooting

The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. Ukraine earned a qualifying spot at this event in the R1 – 10m Air Rifle standing men SH1 event as a result of Andrii Doroshenko winning a bronze medal. Iryna Liakhu earned Ukraine a second spot with her finish in the P3 – 25m Pistol Mixed SH1 event. Vasyl Kovalchuk gave Ukraine a third spot in the R4 – 10m Air Rifle Standing Mixed SH2 event. Olga Mustafaieva earned her country their final Rio place at this event based on her performance in the P4 – 50m Pistol Mixed SH1 event.
The country sent shooters to 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, where Rio direct qualification was also available. They earned a qualifying spot at this event based on the performance of Oleksii Denysiuk in the P3 – 25m Pistol Mixed SH1 event.
The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning in November. Iurii Stoviev earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the R1 Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event.

## Sitting volleyball

Ukraine men's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Games at the 2016 World Qualifier.

### Men

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 228 | 173 | 1.318 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 206 | 184 | 1.120 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 237 | 265 | 0.894 | Classification 5th / 6th |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 216 | 265 | 0.815 | Classification 7th / 8th |

### Women

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 140 | 1.607 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 237 | 229 | 1.035 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 250 | 265 | 0.943 | Classification 5th / 6th |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 169 | 247 | 0.684 | Classification 7th / 8th |

## Swimming

The top two finishers in each Rio medal event at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships earned a qualifying spot for their country for Rio. Dmytro Vynohradets earned Ukraine a spot after winning gold in the Men's 200m Freestyle S3. A silver in the Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts event gave Ukraine its second spot in swimming in Rio. Kateryna Istomina earned a silver in the Women's 100m Butterfly S8 event to give Ukraine its third spot in Rio. The fourth spot by the Ukraine was earned by Yelyzaveta Mereshko in the Women's 400m Freestyle S6 event where she won a gold medal. Anna Stetsenko earned a fifth spot for Ukraine after winning silver in the Women's 50m Freestyle S13. Hennadii Boiko grabbed a sixth spot for Ukraine in the Men's 100m Backstroke S1 with a gold, while teammate Anton Kol earned another spot by getting a silver in the event. Serhii Palamarchuk earned the country's eighth spot after winning gold in the Men's 100m Backstroke S2.