Oksana Baiul

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Oksana Baiul
Personal information
Full nameUkrainian: Оксана Сергіївна Баюл; Oksana Serhiyivna Baiul
Russian: Оксана Сергеевна Баюл; Oksana Sergeyevna Baiul
Alternative namesOksana Baiul-Farina
Country representedUkraine Ukraine
Born (1977-11-16) 16 November 1977 (age 46)
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Former coachGalina Zmievskaya
Valentyn Nikolayev
Stanislav Koritek
Former choreographerSarah Kawahara
Former training locationsSimsbury, Connecticut
Odessa
Dnipropetrovsk
Retired1994
Medal record
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Lillehammer Ladies' singles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Prague Ladies' singles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1993 Helsinki Ladies' singles
Silver medal – second place 1994 Copenhagen Ladies' singles

Oksana Baiul (born November 16, 1977 in Dnipropetrovsk[1]) is a Ukrainian figure skater. She came first at the 1993 world championships and at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Baiul's grandfather gave her first skates to her when she was three years old. When her mother died, she became an orphan. But she kept skating, and won the World Championships when she was only 15 years old. She became famous for her artistic ability when she skated as "The Swan" to win the Olympics when she was 16.

She has skated for many professional shows such as Champions on Ice and Stars on Ice. A television movie was made about her - A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story. She moved to New Jersey. She still skates professionally, and also makes figure skating clothes.

Amateur competitions[change | change source]

  • World Championships: 1993 - 1st
  • 1994 Winter Olympics: - 1st
  • European Championships: 1993 - 2nd, 1994 - 2nd

References[change | change source]

  1. "Oksana Baiul Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics". Sports-reference.com. November 16, 1977. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2011.

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