Ukraine at the 2023 Winter World University Games

Ukraine at the 2023 Winter World University Games
IOC code	UKR
NOC	Sports Students Union of Ukraine
Website	osvitasport.org
in Lake Placid, United States 12 January 2023 – 22 January 2023
Competitors	58 in 8 sports
Medals Ranked 18th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 6
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Ukraine competed at the 2023 Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, United States, from 12 to 22 January 2023.

On 12 July 2022, it was announced that the Ukraine men's national ice hockey team was selected to compete at the Games.[1][2] It will mark the return of the Ukraine team after the ten-year pause when the team last competed at the 2013 Winter Universiade. Ukraine will not compete in curling.[1]

The national ice hockey team went on a tour in Canada before the Universiade.[3] On December 30, the Ukrainian team lost 2–0 to the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.[4][5]

On 28 December 2022, the Committee on the Physical Training and Sports of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine announced that the Ukrainian team was expected to be represented by 61 athletes competing in 8 sports: biathlon, alpine skiing, Nordic combined, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, figure skating, ice hockey, and short track speed skating.[6]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Mykhailo Kharuk Snowboarding Men's parallel giant slalom January 21  Silver Dmytro Hrushchak Biathlon Men's pursuit January 19  Bronze Yuliia Horodna Stepan Kinash Biathlon Single mixed relay January 16  Bronze Dmytro Mazurchuk Vitalii Hrebeniuk Nordic combined Men's team sprint normal hill/2 x 4 x 1.5 km January 17  Bronze Nadiia Hapatyn Snowboarding Women's parallel slalom January 22  Bronze Mykhailo Kharuk Snowboarding Men's parallel slalom January 22

Medals by sport Sport Total Snowboarding 1 0 2 3 Biathlon 0 1 1 2 Nordic combined 0 0 1 1

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	3	4
Biathlon	4	3	7
Cross-country skiing	5	4	9
Figure skating	2	2	4
Ice hockey	21	—	21
Nordic combined	3	—	3
Short track speed skating	2	2	4
Snowboarding	4	2	6
Total	42	16	58

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2023 Winter World University Games

It was announced on 3 January 2022 that Ukraine would be represented by 1 male and 3 female alpine skiers.[7][8]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roman Tsybelenko	Men's super-G	—				1:05.80	42
	Men's сombined	1:02.91	44	50.95	34	1:53.86	34
	Men's giant slalom	1:10.72	61	1:06.85	34	2:17.57	36
	Men's slalom	59.90	52	Did not finish
Anastasiya Shepilenko	Women's super-G	—				53.61	11
	Women's combined	50.73	4	53.34	16	1:44.07	12
	Women's giant slalom	1:05.99	14	1:03.02	2	2:09.01	9
	Women's slalom	Did not finish		Did not advance
Kateryna Shepilenko	Women's super-G	—				56.62	29
	Women's combined	55.93	28	58.05	24	1:53.98	24
	Women's giant slalom	Did not finish		Did not advance
Anastasiia Matsola	Women's giant slalom	1:18.74	62	1:16.50	46	2:35.24	47
	Women's slalom	1:21.05	38	1:18.26	32	2:39.31	33

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2023 Winter World University Games

It was announced on 2 January 2022 that Ukraine would be represented by 5 male and 3 female biathletes.[9] But later Vitaliy Mandzyn was forced to withdraw from the competitions due to pneumonia.[10] Ukraine was represented by four male and three female athletes who won two medals.[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Dmytro Hrushchak	Short individual	47:12.2	6 (2+2+0+2)	15
	Sprint	28:38.7	2 (0+2)	7
	Pursuit	36:26.3	1 (0+0+0+1)
	Mass start	42:51.3	5 (1+2+0+2)	14
Stepan Kinash	Short individual	44:43.5	2 (1+0+0+1)	5
	Sprint	Did not finish
	Mass start	41:49.6	3 (2+0+1+0)	9
Vladyslav Chykhar	Short individual	48:43.8	6 (1+3+1+1)	21
	Sprint	29:07.5	1 (1+0)	11
	Pursuit	38:39.2	3 (0+1+1+1)	10
Roman Borovyk	Short individual	48:03.6	7 (1+2+1+3)	20
	Sprint	29:20.2	3 (1+2)	14
	Pursuit	38:47.6	4 (0+1+3+0)	12
	Mass start	44:39.0	6 (1+1+1+3)	21

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Yuliia Horodna	Individual	45.52.3	3 (1+1+0+1)	5
	Sprint	25:25.8	1 (1+0)	8
	Pursuit	34:28.4	3 (1+0+0+2)	6
	Mass start	42:33.8	3 (1+0+0+2)	7
Liliia Steblyna	Individual	51.45.5	10 (3+3+3+1)	34
	Sprint	26:17.8	3 (2+1)	13
	Pursuit	35:34.6	4 (1+0+2+1)	14
	Mass start	41:44.7	2 (0+0+1+1)	4
Olena Horodna	Individual	49.59.7	5 (0+1+1+3)	30
	Sprint	26:45.6	2 (1+1)	22
	Pursuit	36:48.7	3 (0+2+0+1)	20

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Yuliia Horodna Stepan Kinash	Single mixed relay	38:07.2	1+11

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2023 Winter World University Games

Ukraine was represented by 9 athletes.[12]

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Final result
		Time	Deficit	Rank
Ruslan Denysenko	10 km classical	26:06.6	+1:29.6	19
	10 km pursuit	25:07.4	+2:22.5	18
	30 km mass start	1:13:24.4	+35.6	11
Dmytro Romanchenko	10 km classical	27:32.3	+2:55.3	55
	10 km pursuit	29:07.0	+6:22.1	51
	30 km mass start	1:21:52.2	+9:03.4	39
Oleh Mishchenko	10 km classical	28:27.2	+3:50.2	64
	30 km mass start	1:28:43.9	+15:55.1	47
	10 km pursuit	29:31.4	+6:46.5	55
Maksym Bondar	10 km classical	28:23.7	+3:46.7	62
	10 km pursuit	30:18.9	+7:34.0	60
	30 km mass start	1:20:34.1	+7:45.3	36
Oleksii Kyryk	10 km classical	32:06.4	+7:29.4	78
	10 km pursuit	35:15.6	+12:30.7	72
Ruslan Denysenko Dmytro Romanchenko Oleh Mishchenko Maksym Bondar	4×7.5 km relay	1:24:30.5	+7:29.0	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Final result
		Time	Deficit	Rank
Anastasiia Nikon	5 km classical	15:05.3	+1:44.5	38
	5 km pursuit	15:10.3	+2:42.5	37
	15 km mass start	44:40.4	+5:02.0	39
Anastasiia Ivanchenko	10 km classical	15:29.9	+2:09.1	48
	5 km pursuit	15:16.0	+2:48.2	39
	15 km mass start	42:42.6	+3:04.2	27
Anastasiia Savinska	10 km classical	15:24.9	+2:04.1	46
	5 km pursuit	16:25.8	+3:58.0	47
	15 km mass start	46:38.0	+6:59.6	44
Yelizaveta Nopriienko	10 km classical	16:00.6	+2:39.8	53
	5 km pursuit	16:34.8	+4:07.0	50
	15 km mass start	44:01.9	+4:23.5	36
Anastasiia Nikon Yelizaveta Nopriienko Anastasiia Ivanchenko	3×5 km relay	47:48.6	+3:59.0	11

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dmytro Romanchenko	Men's sprint	2:40.54	56	Did not advance
Maksym Bondar		2:42.45	62	Did not advance
Ruslan Denysenko		2:42.57	63	Did not advance
Oleh Mishchenko		2:43.13	64	Did not advance
Oleksii Kyryk		2:46.24	67	Did not advance
Anastasiia Ivanchenko	Women's sprint	3:13.93	49	Did not advance
Anastasiia Nikon		3:14.87	50	Did not advance
Anastasiia Savinska		3:20.96	57	Did not advance
Yelizaveta Nopriienko		3:25.05	63	Did not advance

Relay

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maksym Bondar Anastasiya Nikon	Mixed team sprint	21:49.31	14	Did not advance
Dmytro Romanchenko Anastasiya Ivanchenko		22:53.28	15	Did not advance

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2023 Winter World University Games

Ivan Shmuratko was scheduled to compete in the men's singles competition but he had to withdraw due to problems with his foot.[13] Ukraine was thus represented in women's singles and ice dancing by one entry.[14]

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ivan Shmuratko	Men's singles	Withdrew
Anastasia Hozhva	Women's singles	57.50	9 Q	95.99	9	153.49	8
Mariia Holubtsova Kyryl Bielobrov	Ice dance	62.88	5	95.97	5	158.85	5

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2023 Winter World University Games

Team roster[15]

Head coach: Vadym Shakhraychuk

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
6	D	Andriy Hryhoryev	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	(1998-02-07)7 February 1998 (aged 24)	Sokil Kyiv
7	F	Yaroslav Panchenko	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(2001-09-13)13 September 2001 (aged 21)	Energija/GV Elektrėnai
10	F	Vadym Mazur (C)	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	(1998-02-17)17 February 1998 (aged 24)	Sokil Kyiv
21	D	Artem Hrebenyk	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(2002-06-04)4 June 2002 (aged 20)	Dnipro Kherson
23	F	Denys Borodai	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(2002-07-10)10 July 2002 (aged 20)	Dnipro Kherson
3	D	Oleksii Dakhnovskyi	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(2004-09-02)2 September 2004 (aged 18)	Corpus Christi IceRays
4	D	Yevhen Ratyshnyi (A)	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(2001-05-19)19 May 2001 (aged 21)	Dnipro Kherson
11	F	Mykhailo Simchuk (A)	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(2002-12-06)6 December 2002 (aged 20)	Brooks Bandits
15	F	Artem Mateychenko	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	(2000-04-06)6 April 2000 (aged 22)	Manhattanville College
19	F	Hlib Kryvoshapkin	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	(2000-05-10)10 May 2000 (aged 22)	HK Kremenchuk
8	F	Bohdan Stupak	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	(1999-08-22)22 August 1999 (aged 23)	Wiener EV
16	D	Ivan Sysak	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	(2001-01-20)20 January 2001 (aged 21)	Sokil Kyiv
18	F	Artem Tselohorodtsev	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(2001-11-09)9 November 2001 (aged 21)	Dnipro Kherson
22	D	Andriy Iertukhov	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	(2003-01-14)14 January 2003 (aged 19)	Springfield Junior Pics
24	F	Nazar Ruzhnikov	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1999-05-06)6 May 1999 (aged 23)	Energija/GV Elektrėnai
9	F	Hlib Varava	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(2002-04-19)19 April 2002 (aged 20)	HK Kremenchuk
12	D	Arsen Paliichuk	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(2003-12-28)28 December 2003 (aged 19)	Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks
13	F	Mykhailo Chykantsev	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(2001-08-28)28 August 2001 (aged 21)	MŠK Púchov U20
14	F	Artem Hrabovetskyi	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(2003-08-21)21 August 2003 (aged 19)	HC Sparta Praha U20
1	GK	Dmytro Kubrytskyi	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(2002-07-20)20 July 2002 (aged 20)	Dauphin Kings
20	GK	Bohdan Diachenko	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1998-10-06)6 October 1998 (aged 24)	HC Kharkiv Berserks

Summary[16]

Team	Event	Group stage						Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ukraine men's team	Men's tournament	Canada L 1-6	Latvia L 2-3 OT	Sweden W 12-2	Japan L 2-4	Czech Republic W 3-1	3	Did not advance

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2023 Winter World University Games

Dmytro Mazurchuk and Vitalii Hrebeniuk won the first-ever medal for Ukraine in the sport at the Winter Universiades.[17]

Men[18]

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time/Points	Rank
Dmytro Mazurchuk	Men's normal hill/10 km	89.5	102.0	6	24:15.5	3	26:41.5	5
Vitalii Hrebeniuk		88.5	103.2	5	24:33.5	6	26:55.5	6
Oleksandr Shumbarets		70.0	62.4	16	25:20.1	12	30:25.1	14
Dmytro Mazurchuk	Men's mass start 10 km/normal hill[19]	88.0	110.4	5	26:37.2	10	80.4	7
Vitalii Hrebeniuk		82.0	103.2	6	25:57.2	7	83.2	6
Oleksandr Shumbarets		74.5	86.1	11	28:50.2	16	22.8	15
Dmytro Mazurchuk Vitalii Hrebeniuk	Men's team sprint normal hill/2 x 4 x 1.5 km[20]	211.1		3	25:00.2	4	25:33.2

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2023 Winter World University Games

Ukraine was represented by 4 athletes.[21]

Men

Athlete	Event	Prel. Heat		Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yaroslav Morozov	500 m	59.046	5	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:32.728	3 q	1:56.309	5	Did not advance
	1500 m	—				2:27.946	5	Did not advance
Rostyslav Leontenko	500 m	42.776	3 q	43.644	4	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:47.992	5	Did not advance
	1500 m	—				2:33.819	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tetiana Zarvanska	500 m	49.331	5	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:37.716	5	Did not advance
	1500 m	—		2:57.147	5	Did not advance
Viktoriia Chervenko	500 m	50.149	5	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:45.233	5	Did not advance
	1500 m	—		2:58.982	5	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Viktoriia Chervenko Tetiana Zarvanska Rostyslav Leontenko Yaroslav Morozov	Mixed team relay	3:11.732	4	Did not advance

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2023 Winter World University Games

Mykhailo Kharuk became the first Ukrainian Universiade champion in snowboarding.[22] In total, Ukraine won three medals in snowboarding.[23]

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding 1		Seeding 2	Elimination		Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Position	Points	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Ivan Malovannyi	Men's	56.91	10 Q	Bye	10	11	Did not advance
Hlib Mostovenko		1:00.14	15	3	Did not advance

Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Mykhailo Kharuk	Men's parallel giant slalom	59.89[24]	1 Q	Majerczyk W	Cho W	Hong W	Pink W
	Men's parallel slalom	1:06.25[25]	1 Q	Skoff W	Pocinek W	Burgstaller L +0.39	Shinohara W
Vasyl Kasheliuk	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:01.73	6 Q	Farber W	Pink L +0.53	Did not advance
	Men's parallel slalom	1:09.18	6 Q	Yogo W	Shinohara L +0.43	Did not advance
Nadiia Hapatyn	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:04.41	3 Q	Kanazawa L +0.26	Did not advance
	Women's parallel slalom	1:12.91	5 Q	Kleesattel W	Hauser W	Kainz L +0.17	Fava W
Vita Bodnaruk	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:04.98[26]	9 Q	Hauser W	Murata W	Fava L +1.19	Bätschi L +0.79	4
	Women's parallel slalom	1:14.89[27]	7 Q	Jang W	Bätschi L +1.17	Did not advance

References

1. Six months to the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games, Official website of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
2. Ukraine national team became a participant of the 2023 Universiade, XSPORT, 12 July 2022 (in Ukrainian).
3. Ukraine's national student ice hockey team will go on a tour in Canada, tribuna.com, 26 December 2022 (in Ukrainian).
4. SPORTARENA.com. "Студентська збірна України з хокею програла контрольний матч Університету Саскачевана". SPORTARENA.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
5. "Ukrainian U-25 hockey team wins hearts and a standing ovation in 2-0 loss to U of S Huskies". CBC News. 31 December 2022.
6. Information post by the Committee on the Physical Training and Sports of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine.
7. Ukraine alpine skiing team at the 2023 Winter World University Games
8. Alpine Skiing Results Book
9. Ukraine biathlon team at the 2023 Winter World University Games
10. Мандзин не зможе виступити на Універсіаді. Відома причина, sport.ua, 7 January 2023 (in Ukrainian).
11. Biathlon Results Book
12. Cross-country skiing entry list
13. "Роблю все, щоб повернутися в стрій". Фігурист Іван Шмуратко знявся з Універсіади-2023 і пояснив причину, Suspilne (in Ukrainian).
14. Figure Skating Results Book
15. Ukraine's entries at the 2023 Winter World University Games
16. Ice Hockey Schedule at the 2023 Winter World University Games^[usurped], Official website of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
17. Україна здобула другу медаль Універсіади-2023: перша в історії у лижному двоборстві, Suspilne (in Ukrainian).
18. Nordic Combined Results Book
19. Results of the men's mass start 10 km/normal hill competition
20. Results of the men's team sprint competition
21. Competitors in short track speed skating at the 2023 Winter World University Games
22. Сноубордист Михайло Харук здобув для України перше "золото" на Універсіаді, Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian).
23. Medallists in snowboarding at the 2023 Winter World University Games
24. Qualification results (Men's PGS)
25. Qualification results (Men's PSL)
26. Qualification results (Women's PGS)
27. Qualification results (Women's PSL)

External links

• Ukrainian medallists at the 2023 Winter World University Games