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Oksana Baiul

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Oksana Baiul
Personal information
Native nameОксана Баюл
Born (1977-11-16) 16 November 1977 (age 48)
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Dnipro, Ukraine)
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Country Ukraine
Retired1994
Medal record
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1994 LillehammerLadies' singles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 PragueLadies' singles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1993 HelsinkiLadies' singles
Silver medal – second place 1994 CopenhagenLadies' singles

Oksana Serhiyivna Baiul-Farina (Ukrainian: Оксана Сергіївна Баюл-Фаріна; born 16 November 1977) is a Ukrainian figure skater. She is retired. She won a gold medal in the 1994 Winter Olympics.


Early life

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Baiul was born on 16 November 1977 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.[2]

Her grandfather died in 1987. Her grandmother died in 1988. In 1991, her mother died because of ovarian cancer.[3][4]

After moving to Odessa, Baiul lived in a dormitory. In 1993, she lived with her coach, Galina Zmievskaya.[5]

Move to the United States

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After the 1994 Winter Olympics, Baiul moved to the United States. In the late 1990s, she moved to Richmond, Virginia.[6] Fourteen years later, Baiul moved to Pennsylvania.[7]

In January 1997, Baiul was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol after crashing her car into a tree.[8][9][10] Later, Baiul did an alcohol education program. In May 1997, she went through rehabilitation.[11] In 2004, she said she had been sober for six years.[8]

References

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  1. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/06/sports/figures-on-ice-oksana-baiul-a-little-bit-of-heaven-on-ice.html?pagewanted=print&src=pm
  2. ↑ "Oksana Baiul Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". April 17, 2020. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 18, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ Longman, Jere (February 6, 1994). "FIGURES ON ICE; Oksana Baiul: A Little Bit of Heaven on Ice". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ "NJJN - Oksana Baiul, figure skating champion, embraces Jewish roots". July 24, 2011. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
  5. ↑ https://ua.tribuna.com/others/1027708286/
  6. ↑ Lipson, Karin (May 13, 2007). "For Oksana Baiul, a Role Close to Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
  7. ↑ Dickey, Josh (October 11, 2013). "Figure Skating Champ Oksana Baiul Sues WME, Others for $170M - Alleges Widespread Theft". TheWrap. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
  8. 1 2 Hersh, Philip; Tribune, Chicago (March 17, 2004). "Golden feeling returns". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Facing the Music : People.com". March 4, 2016. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ↑ "Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week". October 6, 2007. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ↑ Longman, Jere (October 16, 1998). "FIGURE SKATING; Striving for Recovery From Grip of Alcohol". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 18, 2025.

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