# Ukraine at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Ukraine competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Lilia Efremova | Biathlon | Women's sprint | 16 February |
| Bronze | Elena Grushina Ruslan Goncharov | Figure skating | Ice dance | 20 February |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Biathlon | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Cross-country | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| Figure skating | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Freestyle skiing | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Luge | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Nordic combined | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Short track speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ski jumping | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 30 | 22 | 52 |

## Alpine skiing

Mykola Skriabin managed to qualify and compete in each of the five men's disciplines, with his top finish a 26th in the giant slalom.
| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank |
| Yuliya Siparenko | Women's giant slalom | 1:10.43 | 1:15.50 | n/a | 2:25.93 | 35 |
| Yuliya Siparenko | Women's slalom | 50.31 | 52.95 | n/a | 1:43.26 | 45 |
| Mykola Skriabin | Men's downhill | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1:57.56 | 47 |
| Mykola Skriabin | Men's super-G | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1:38.86 | 53 |
| Mykola Skriabin | Men's giant slalom | 1:25.81 | 1:25.04 | n/a | 2:50.85 | 26 |
| Mykola Skriabin | Men's slalom | 1:01.98 | 57.98 | n/a | 1:59.96 | 36 |
| Mykola Skriabin | Men's combined | 1:46.63 | 51.21 | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish |
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

## Biathlon

Lilia Efremova, who had failed to finish in the top 30 in any event at the 2005 World Championships, shot perfectly and survived a relatively slow finish to earn a bronze medal in the women's sprint.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Olexander Bilanenko | Sprint | 28:26.6 | 0 | 36 |
| Olexander Bilanenko | Pursuit | did not start | did not start | did not start |
| Olexander Bilanenko | Individual | 1:00:28.6 | 3 | 49 |
| Vyacheslav Derkach | Sprint | 30:15.8 | 2 | 72 |
| Andriy Deryzemlya | Sprint | 28:15.2 | 2 | 28 |
| Andriy Deryzemlya | Pursuit | 38:54.38 | 6 | 31 |
| Andriy Deryzemlya | Individual | 59:47.2 | 3 | 39 |
| Alexei Korobeynikov | Individual | 1:01:17.8 | 4 | 54 |
| Ruslan Lysenko | Sprint | 28:56.6 | 2 | 44 |
| Ruslan Lysenko | Pursuit | 40:16.42 | 5 | 41 |
| Ruslan Lysenko | Individual | 57:16.6 | 1 | 18 |
| Olexander Bilanenko Andriy Deryzemlya Alexei Korobeynikov Ruslan Lysenko | Relay | 1:23:40.4 | 1+11 | 7 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Lilia Efremova | Sprint | 22:38.0 | 0 | |
| Lilia Efremova | Pursuit | 39:09.89 | 3 | 8 |
| Lilia Efremova | Mass start | 43:21.0 | 6 | 17 |
| Lilia Efremova | Individual | 55:28.0 | 5 | 36 |
| Oksana Khvostenko | Sprint | 25:10.1 | 1 | 49 |
| Oksana Khvostenko | Pursuit | Lapped | Lapped | Lapped |
| Oksana Khvostenko | Individual | 53:22.5 | 1 | 20 |
| Nina Lemesh | Sprint | 25:13.5 | 2 | 50 |
| Nina Lemesh | Pursuit | 43:48.67 | 7 | 41 |
| Olena Petrova | Sprint | 24:52.2 | 2 | 44 |
| Olena Petrova | Pursuit | did not start | did not start | did not start |
| Olena Petrova | Individual | 54:35.6 | 3 | 29 |
| Valj Semerenko | Individual | 56:22.6 | 3 | 46 |
| Oksana Khvostenko Olena Petrova Nina Lemesh Lilia Efremova | Relay | 1:21:55.5 | 3+14 | 11 |

## Cross-country skiing

Twelve skiers represented Ukraine in Turin, the largest delegation in any sport. The top finish came from Valentina Shevchenko in the women's 30 kilometre freestyle; she had the fastest time at the 20 kilometre mark, but fell off the pace to end up 7th.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Total | Rank |
| Oleksandr Batiuk | 15 km classical | 43:17.4 | 63 |
| Oleksandr Batiuk | 30 km pursuit | 1:24:35.9 | 57 |
| Mikhail Gumenyak | 30 km pursuit | 1:22:24.6 | 46 |
| Mikhail Gumenyak | 50 km freestyle | 2:13:44.6 | 56 |
| Roman Leybyuk | 15 km classical | 39:48.1 | 17 |
| Roman Leybyuk | 30 km pursuit | 1:22:31.5 | 49 |
| Vitaly Martsyv | 15 km classical | 42:57.4 | 61 |
| Vladmir Olschanski | 15 km classical | 42:39.6 | 56 |
| Vladmir Olschanski | 50 km freestyle | 2:16:14.7 | 62 |
| Olexandr Putsko | 30 km pursuit | 1:22:37.6 | 52 |
| Olexandr Putsko | 50 km freestyle | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Roman Leybyuk Vladmir Olschanski Olexandr Putsko Mikhail Gumenyak | 4 x 10 km relay | 1:50:01.9 | 14 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Total | Rank |
| Kateryna Grygorenko | 10 km classical | 31:16.6 | 44 |
| Kateryna Grygorenko | 15 km pursuit | 46:55.2 | 40 |
| Kateryna Grygorenko | 30 km freestyle | 1:31:36.9 | 42 |
| Vita Jakimchuk | 15 km pursuit | 45:48.1 | 26 |
| Vita Jakimchuk | 30 km freestyle | 1:26:32.2 | 22 |
| Marina Malets-Lisogor | 30 km freestyle | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Valentina Shevchenko | 10 km classical | 29:40.4 | 21 |
| Valentina Shevchenko | 15 km pursuit | 44:13.6 | 14 |
| Valentina Shevchenko | 30 km freestyle | 1:23:07.9 | 7 |
| Tatjana Zavalij | 10 km classical | 30:13.2 | 27 |
| Tatjana Zavalij | 15 km pursuit | 47:18.7 | 45 |
| Kateryna Grygorenko Tatjana Zavalij Vita Jakimchuk Valentina Shevchenko | 4 x 5 km relay | 56:36.3 | 8 |

### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Ivan Bilosyuk | Men's sprint | 2:21.97 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 40 |
| Mikhail Gumenyak | Men's sprint | 2:28.72 | 62 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 62 |
| Vita Jakimchuk | Women's sprint | 2:19.92 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 36 |
| Marina Malets-Lisogor | Women's sprint | 2:20.79 | 43 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 43 |
| Vitaly Martsyv | Men's sprint | 2:22.30 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 42 |
| Olexandr Putsko | Men's sprint | 2:30.99 | 66 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 66 |
| Ivan Bilosyuk Vitaly Martsyv | Men's team sprint | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 18:50.4 | 9 | Did not advance | 17 |
| Marina Malets-Lisogor Tatjana Zavalij | Women's team sprint | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 19:14.1 | 8 | Did not advance | 16 |

## Figure skating

Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov, the 2005 World Championship bronze medalists, earned the same result in Turin, rallying from a poor start to end up in 3rd.
| Athlete | Event | CD | CD | SP/OD | SP/OD | FS/FD | FS/FD | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Galina Efremenko | Ladies' | n/a | n/a | 41.25 | 24 'Q | 84.12 | 17 | 125.37 | 20 |
| Elena Liashenko | Ladies' | n/a | n/a | 52.35 | 13 'Q | 81.73 | 18 | 134.08 | 17 |
| Anton Kovalevski | Men's | n/a | n/a | 63.41 | 16 'Q | 109.43 | 21 | 172.84 | 20 |
| Julia Beloglazova Andrei Bekh | Pairs | n/a | n/a | 43.85 | 17 | 71.77 | 19 | 115.62 | 18 |
| Julia Golovina Oleg Voiko | Ice dance | 23.88 | 23 | 39.92 | 24 | 64.69 | 23 | 128.49 | 23 |
| Elena Grushina Ruslan Goncharov | Ice dance | 37.39 | 5 | 59.29 | 3 | 99.17 | 3 | 195.85 | |
| Tatiana Volosozhar Stanislav Morozov | Pairs | n/a | n/a | 50.14 | 12 | 98.24 | 12 | 148.38 | 12 |
Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

## Freestyle skiing

Ukraine sent seven athletes to compete in the freestyle skiing events, specifically men's and women's aerials, but only one, Enver Ablaev, managed to qualify for a final.
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Enver Ablaev | Men's aerials | 226.89 | 9 Q | 150.48 | 12 |
| Oleksandr Abramenko | Men's aerials | 149.47 | 27 | n/a | 27 |
| Nadiya Didenko | Women's aerials | 136.91 | 20 | n/a | 20 |
| Igor Ishutko | Men's aerials | 153.04 | 26 | n/a | 26 |
| Tatiana Kozachenko | Women's aerials | 147.51 | 18 | n/a | 18 |
| Stanislav Kravchuk | Men's aerials | 221.69 | 13 | n/a | 13 |
| Olha Volkova | Women's aerials | 160.03 | 13 | n/a | 13 |

## Luge

The doubles team of Oleg Zherebetskyy and Roman Yazvinskyy, who finished 19th in the first run of the event, pulled out after suffering a serious crash. Yazvinskyy was air-lifted to hospital with a head injury, but he remained conscious and was released the next day.
| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank |
| Liliya Ludan | Women's singles | 47.439 | 47.378 | 47.150 | 47.308 | 3:09.275 | 6 |
| Natalia Yakushenko | Women's singles | 54.189 | did not start | did not start | did not start | did not start |
| Andriy Kis Yuriy Hayduk | Doubles | 48.850 | 48.327 | n/a | n/a | 1:37.177 | 14 |
| Oleg Zherebetskyy Roman Yazvinskyy | Doubles | 50.897 | did not start | did not start | did not start | did not start |

## Nordic combined

Sergei Diyachuk and Volodymyr Trachuk both finished in the bottom five in the two Nordic combined events in Turin.
| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Deficit | Time | Rank |
| Sergei Diyachuk | Sprint | 74.9 | 47 | 3:23 | 21:44.1 +3:15.1 | 45 |
| Sergei Diyachuk | Individual Gundersen | 151.0 | 48 | 7:26 | 48:08.1 +8:23.5 | 45 |
| Volodymyr Trachuk | Sprint | 61.5 | 48 | 4:17 | 23:57.8 +5:28.8 | 48 |
| Volodymyr Trachuk | Individual Gundersen | 140.0 | 49 | 8:10 | 23:57.8 +5:28.8 | 48 |
Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

## Short track speed skating

Volodymyr Grygoriev, Ukraine's only speed skater in Turin, advanced from his heat in the 1000 metres, but then finished last in his quarterfinal.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Volodymyr Grygoriev | Men's 500 m | 43.583 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |
| Volodymyr Grygoriev | Men's 1000 m | 1:36.397 | 2 Q | 1:29.168 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 15 |

## Ski jumping

Ukraine's lone competing ski jumper, Volodymyr Boschuk, did not progress beyond the qualification round in either the normal or large hill events.
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | First round | First round | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank |
| Volodymyr Boschuk | Normal hill | 88.5 | 47 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Volodymyr Boschuk | Large hill | 30.6 | 51 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |