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    OKSANA BAIUL:

    OLYMPIC
    CHAMPION
    BIOGRAPHY
    former Ukrainian figure skater. The first Olympic champion
    (XVII Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer, Norway, 1994) of
    independent Ukraine. Two-time silver medalist of the
    European Championships (1993, 1994), world champion
    (1993). Honorary citizen of Dnipro.

    Oksana Serhiivna Bayul was born on November 16,


    1977 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR (now
    Ukraine). She became the youngest Olympic
    champion in figure skating, the winner of the
    Olympic Games in 1994 at the age of 16.

    She started skating at the age of 3. She was discovered


    as a talented athlete at the age of 7 She won her first
    national competition at the age of 9 and began to
    perform at the international level..
    1994 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES IN
    LILLEHAMMER
    At the time of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer,
    Oksana was only 16 years old, and she herself admitted that
    she planned to participate only in the next games in 1998 in
    Nagano, but after the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine urgently
    needed a candidate to participate in the 1994 Olympics, and
    sent Bayul. At these games, Oksana Bayul performed one of
    the best short programs in the history of figure skating (to
    the music of P. I. Tchaikovsky). The first part was lyrical,
    decorated with a sophisticated combination of spirals, but
    the second part turned out to be very emotional, stormy. In
    the end, after a short program, Baiul became the second, the
    American Kerrigan took the first place.
    Since 1994 (right after the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer),
    Oksana worked in the USA under a contract in Las Vegas.
    The American public really liked the young Ukrainian woman,
    her performances were wildly popular, she was paid the
    highest fees among Olympians. The 16-year-old girl could
    not stand the test of fame. The police detained her for
    driving while intoxicated, she was at the center of various
    scandals.
    In 2005, after overcoming alcohol addiction, she returned to
    professional sports. Oksana did not stop with figure skating, in
    particular, she participated in a number of commercial ice shows - in
    the USA and Europe (in Oberstdorf, Germany). In 2010, Oksana Bayul
    returned to Ukraine, where she aimed to open a world-class children's
    figure skating school. She entered the Institute of Physical Education
    and Sports of the National Pedagogical Institute named after M.P.
    Drahomanov in Kyiv. However, four months later, she left the university
    and returned to the United States. In August 2021, she renounced her
    Ukrainian citizenship.
    conclusion
    He is considered an icon of Ukrainian sports and an inspiration for young
    athletes. Thanks to her achievements, she became a symbol of success and
    endurance. He is considered an icon of Ukrainian sports and an inspiration for
    young athletes. Her talent and hard work played an important role in the
    development of figure skating and raised the prestige of Ukraine on the world
    sports arena.
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